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Wyoming Prison Recruits Wisconsin’s Former Laborers

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The State of Wyoming is targeting laid off workers in places like Wisconsin.Wyoming’s Department of Corrections needs to fill several hundred positions.Department officials say people who have lost factory jobs would be a good fit in a new prison it is building.Patty Murray reports…

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