Bryan said he hopes his bill can be expedited - and perhaps made retroactive - so inmates can be “treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.” He said the money could come from emergency federal funding.
On LA fire lines, inmates tackle dangerous work for less than $30 a day
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Bryan said he also proposed the measure, which will have to go through a monthslong legislative approval process, in part to respond to Trump’s recent statements about paying “reparations” to white students that he said have been affected by diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
California lawmaker's bill would give public university admission priority to slaves' descendants
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