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Culver Tells Conference on Race Disparities: “We Must and Can Do Better”

Iowa’s reputation for imprisoning African-American adults at a rate higher than any other state in the nation and its high arrest and detention rate of black juveniles must end, said Gov. Chet Culver to a crowd who gathered for the sixth annual Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC) Conference held on Thursday in Des Moines.

“This is a [...]