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Republican senator proposes sending hundreds of people released during pandemic back to prison

A resolution from a Republican senator could send hundreds of people released from prisons during the pandemic back into federal facilities. Only a tiny fraction of them committed new crimes during their home confinement.

NPR’s Carrie Johnson reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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