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| New bill aims to reduce prison costs, ‘get smart on crime’ |
| By badgerherald.com- Emily Hamer |
| Published: 01/19/2016 |
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New legislation proposed by Democrats to combat high prison costs would require fiscal estimates for bills that change criminal sentencing. The bill — co-authored by Sen. Lena Taylor, D-Milwaukee, Sen. Jon Erpenbach, D-Middleton, Rep. Chris Taylor, D-Madison and Rep. Gordon Hintz, D-Oshkosh — will bring Wisconsin in line with Minnesota, a state that requires cost estimates and has half as many incarcerations, according to the co-sponsorship memo from the bill’s authors. Under current law, criminal penalty proposals are the only bills that do not require a fiscal estimate, Craig Trost, Lena Taylor’s spokesperson, said. Read More. |
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