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Joel Brennan: “We got more people working in the department, Department of…”

Featuring: Joel Brennan, Democratic | Candidate, Governor of Wisconsin

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Can executive experience make the difference in Wisconsin's next governor's race?

Published | Video Starts at 42:35

Do you know that in Minnesota state, that's same size, same population, same crime rate. They have about 8,000 people incarcerated in state prisons. We got, like, 23,000 in Milwaukee. We got more people working in the department, Department of Corrections, that they have in state prisons in Minnesota. Like, these are things. Now. Can we tomorrow take that down to where, you know, where we would like to be? No, but can we make strides? Have other states. (42:35–42:40)

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Asserts that Wisconsin's Department of Corrections employs more people than the number of incarcerated individuals in Minnesota.

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