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In too many ways, America's poorest communities are just like prison

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imagePope Francis will visit this Philadelphia prison on September 27 2015. Mark Makela/REUTERS

Pope Francis is going to prison.

After visiting with incarcerated individuals in a correctional facility in Philadelphia, he might offer us a simple suggestion: treat prisoners better.

But this advice hides an inconvenient truth.

The conditions experienced by...

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