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Melissa Ratcliff: “Our city, county building was built in the 1950s. It's very…”

Featuring: Melissa Ratcliff, Democratic | Wisconsin Senate, 16th District

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Know Your Candidates: Wisconsin Senate District 16: Melissa Ratcliff

Published | Video Starts at 05:09

The at the Dane county level. Again, this was something that I was able to work on with our Dane county jail being that it was built. Our city, county building was built in the 1950s. It's very inhumane facility that was unsafe for those people who are incarcerated. And it took a long time for our county board to finally approve a new facility. So we need to look at having new spaces for people who are incarcerated that are safe and humane. (05:09–05:20)

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Asserts that the Dane County jail, built in the 1950s, was an inhumane and unsafe facility for inmates.

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