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Dora Drake: “I saw firsthand a lot of folks that should have gotten out…”

Featuring: Dora Drake, Democratic | Wisconsin State Senate, District 4

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Diving into Democracy with Rep. Dora Drake

Published | Video Starts at 06:26

… uncomfortable questions as well as the discrimination that does happen for a lot of our people that are coming home from prison trying to find work. And Covid happened. So I saw firsthand a lot of folks that should have gotten out of prison but were stuck because of COVID regulations. Some of my clients that were already out stayed at jobs knowing that they might get sick because they had no other options to go. And that's heart wrenching for anybody to see that. (06:26–06:33)

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Asserts that COVID regulations prevented some people from being released from prison.

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