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: PR WatchWalker's Costly Perpetuation of Prejudicial Corrections Policies
By Brendan Fischer
As CMD has previously reported, Governor Walker's budget bill will have a negative impact on Wisconsin's populations of color, especially in regards to perpetuating Wisconsin's atrocious record of racial disparities in the criminal justice system. Walker's effort to prolong prison sentences will also result in increased costs not reflected in the budget, at the expense of spending on education and health.
Full post as published by PR Watch on March 22, 2011 (boomark / email).
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