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Ryan Clancy: “We know that locking somebody up does not make us safer…”

Featuring: Ryan Clancy, Democratic | Wisconsin State Assembly, District 19

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Ryan Clancy interview by Mike from PA

Published | Video Starts at 32:34

They've been doing that method for decades. Does nobody care that it doesn't work? Right. Right. We're out of good faith arguments for locking up kids and locking up people generally. Right. We know that locking somebody up does not make us safer because we've tried it for so long. We also know it's incredibly expensive fiscally. We know that it harms families. So, you know, the outcome, the unintended consequences, maybe, of ripping, especially somebody who's a breadwinner out of a home and incarcerating them are terrible. (32:34–32:39)

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Asserts that incarceration does not improve public safety based on long-term experience.

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