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Correction: Virus Outbreak-Prison Releases story

| July 24, 2020 9:27 AM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — In a story July 16, 2020, about prisoners released during the COVID-19 pandemic, The Associated Press, relying on numbers provided by the Rhode Island’s Department of Corrections, incorrectly reported the number of sentenced prisoners in the state had dropped by 32%. It was 18%.

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