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There is a direct correlation between education, stable families and incarceration and crime.

J. C. Watts

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J. C. Watts
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: November 18
American Football Player
Canadian Football Player
Former U.S. Representative
Politician
Eufaula
Oklahoma
Incarceration
Correlation
Stable
Families
Direct
Crime
Education

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