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States receiving funds from the American Rescue Plan Act are prohibited from using that money for jail and prison construction, though many states are planning to anyway. Alabama, for example, allocated over 400 MILLION dollars of its relief funding toward prison construction. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 19, 2023

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NEW: We're urging the US Treasury Department to investigate the misuse of hundreds of millions of dollars by state and local governments that plan to use federal funds designated for COVID-19 community relief to illegally build and expand jails and prisons. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 19, 2023

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These federal funds are meant to help our communities recover from the devastating impacts of COVID-19. States misusing these funds to expand mass incarceration is cruel — and illegal. The Treasury Department must take action. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Jan. 19, 2023