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US families with incarcerated relatives are facing spiraling annual costs of nearly $350 billion in incarceration-related costs, according to an August 2025 report by Amanda Watford for Stateline. Watford highlighted a recent study by criminal justice advocacy group FWD.us that showed families are “losing an average of $1,803 in income…

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[1] US Incarceration-Related Costs Impose Financial Strain on Relatives ➤ https://www.projectcensored.org/us-incarceration-financial-strain-family/[2] Project Censored - Promoting Critical Media Literacy ➤ https://www.projectcensored.org/