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Initiative allows inmates to work toward law degree while behind bars

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The United States has the highest rate of incarceration based on population. Part of it is due to an overwhelmed, underfunded system in both prosecutors' and public defenders' offices. As Fred de Sam Lazaro reports, one initiative is trying to bring more legal resources to those incarcerated or facing trial. It's part of our series Agents for Change and Searching for Justice.

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U.S. & Canada
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law school, law school incarceration, law school inmates
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