Sales soared to 3.9 million last year, up from 2.8 million in 2010 and about four times the annual total before the advent of Record Store Day.

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Changes such as these revamped processes and the advent of 24-hour courts has resulted in a drop in the average daily jail population by 400 prisoners per day, Ray said.

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