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Service Sentence

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August 27, 2012

There are some 70,000 people in Germany's prisons, and many of the facilities are overcrowded. What’s more, prisoners also cost taxpayers money. That's why in many parts of Germany, criminals are allowed to do community service instead of hard time.

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