a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:890:"<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 />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}s:17:"field_story_image";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:"fid";s:4:"4561";s:4:"list";s:1:"1";s:4:"data";a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}s:3:"uid";s:1:"1";s:8:"filename";s:8:"mdoc.jpg";s:8:"filepath";s:35:"sites/default/files/images/mdoc.jpg";s:8:"filemime";s:10:"image/jpeg";s:8:"filesize";s:5:"46488";s:6:"status";s:1:"1";s:9:"timestamp";s:10:"1419630038";}}s:12:"field_weight";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";s:2:"19";}}}