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Ryan Clancy: “We're, I think at a $460,000 per child per year to…”

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

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Reviving Milwaukee's Socialist Movement - An Interview with Ryan Clancy

Published | Video Starts at 38:55

I'll tell you. 35, 45, 55. Close. One hundred and fifty. More than $150,000 per child per year. You got to keep going. 3, 300. It's almost, I. This Year. We're, I think at a $460,000 per child per year to incarcerate that child in our maximum security type facilities up north. For that amount of money, you could buy that child a house and have a full time job following them around. Right. Meeting all their needs. And yet we're not right. (38:55–39:07)

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Asserts that it costs approximately $460,000 per year to incarcerate a child in maximum security facilities in Wisconsin.

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