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2nd Chance act hopes to reduce prison populations

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Federal dollars meant to help reduce prison populations may soon be flowing to Wisconsin. Wisconsin Department of Corrections Secretary Rick Raemisch was in Washington DC this week with other prison administrators to out the state’s need for morefunds to reduce recidivism. Gil Halsted reports…

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