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WPR News
Thursday, January 16, 2020, 6:00am

More people are being locked up in Wisconsin, and the increase in inmates in jails and prisons across the state is costing taxpayers more money. A new analysis of state data by WPR found significant increases in jail populations since 2015. 

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