Columbia County is home to one of Wisconsin largest maximum security prisons. Most of the inmates there are serving long sentences for violent crimes.In this installment of our News from 72 series Gil Halsted reports on agroup of inmates who attend a spiritual discussion group that meets every Friday at the Columbia Correctional Institution.
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