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Big raise? Prison inmates could get a major boost in their wages in New York

Alessandra Biaggi

February 7, 2019

    ISSUE:
  • Prisons
  • Minimum Wage
  • Senate Democratic Conference
  • Criminal Justice Reform
Originally published in Democrat & Chronicle

"There is no reason to treat people in prison as less than human," Sen. Alessandra Biaggi, D-Pelham, Westchester County, said in a statement.

"Most of them are going to leave prison and return to society, and our goal should be to prepare them to be able to build new lives."

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