<span style="font-size: larger;">FACT: Michigan has a higher incarceration rate than Iran, Russia and Cuba.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">In 2011, Michigan spent 24.1 percent of its budget on corrections, a larger portion than any other state, and total spending is approximately $2 billion per year. That is more than what the state spent on higher education in the same year; one of only eight states to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: larger;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; For the article on why the taxpayers spend so much for prisons go online at:</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2014/12/04/michigan-law-criminalizes-michiganians/19856787/"><span style="font-size: larger;">http://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2014/12/04/michigan-law-criminalizes-michiganians/19856787/</span></a><br />