With more resources than we've had previously. I think, you know, one of the worst changes that has happened in Wisconsin over the last eight years is that We now spend more money locking people up in our correction system than we do on our entire University of Wisconsin system. That is an absolutely upside down priority. So I would like us to see us incarcerate far fewer people and use those savings to actually invest them in an economic engine for our state rather than a drain and put them towards our UW system. (19:47–19:54)
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