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| Rep. Hutton Urges New Approach to Corrections |
| By maciverinstitute.com- Nick Novak |
| Published: 10/08/2015 |
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[Madison, Wisc...] Corrections reform was the topic in one State Capitol room on Tuesday as Rep. Rob Hutton (R-Brookfield) hosted a presentation featuring speakers from Louisiana and Texas. Over the course of two hours, a largely bipartisan audience heard about privately-funded efforts in these states to change prison environments. The main speaker at Tuesday's event was Warden Burl Cain, who was appointed the position of Warden at Angola State Penitentiary in 1995. Angola State Penitentiary - the country's largest maximum security prison - has long had a reputation for being particularly violent. According to Louisiana's Department of Corrections, roughly 75 percent of the inmates there are "lifers" serving life sentences. Read More. |
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