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America's prison population is shrinking -- you can thank California

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Tony Fratto: Participation rates falling everywhere... RT @ezraklein: The U.S. prison population shrunk in 2010 and 2011: http://t.co/WzUfZJMb

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Anthony De Rosa: RT @ezraklein: The U.S. prison population shrunk in 2010 and 2011: http://t.co/yjCZTzfZ

Tony Fratto: Participation rates falling everywhere... RT @ezraklein: The U.S. prison population shrunk in 2010 and 2011: http://t.co/WzUfZJMb

Ezra Klein: The U.S. prison population shrunk in 2010 and 2011: http://t.co/yjCZTzfZ

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