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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank the state departments of corrections who completed the survey and participated in interviews. We would also like to thank Mary Crowley, Christian Henrichson, Jim Parsons, and Fred Patrick for their review and comments; Erika Turner for editing the report and leading the publication process; and Gloria Mendoza for her help in designing the report. We are deeply grateful to the Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust for supporting this report.

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