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| Veterans want inmates' calling cards sent to soldiers |
| By Channel3000 |
| Published: 12/27/2004 |
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Controversy surrounds thousands of dollars in phone cards earmarked for Dane County (Wis.) inmates. A new-three year contract between Dane County and phone company, Inmate Calling Solutions, provides $100,000 in phone cards to inmates, a quarter of which are free of charge to some of the poorest inmates in the county jail. The old contract with SBC expired October, and it did not supply cards to inmates. Some veterans want the free cards to be to shipped to Dane County soldiers serving overseas instead of inmates. "We've got family over there, loved ones that we care about, so I moved to transfer the $25,000," said David Wiganowsky, of Sun Prairie, Dane County Supervisor for District 21. "The prisoners, I didn't think they should be rewarded. I thought our troops should be rewarded." District 17 Supervisor Andy Olsen, of Madison, does not agree, saying calls home for inmates reduces the chance an inmate will reoffend. "It's inappropriate use of county funds in my opinion, because we have a federal government that provides for the nation's defense," Olsen said. Wiganowsky's resolution, which would change the contract to help soldiers, is in committee. |
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