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Loaded on Nov. 21, 2016

Filed under: Racial Discrimination, Prison Reform, Forcible Treatment, Rehabilitation/Recidivism, Release and Reentry, Indigent Defense, Collateral consequences of prison, Drug Treatment/Rehab. Location: United States of America.

The formerly incarcerated are facing crippling prison debt when they get out, and it needs to stop.

By Larry Schwartztol and Abby Shafroth, Slate

When David Silva returned in 2006 from serving 38 months in New Jersey state prison for offenses related to his substance abuse, he …

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