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Sara Rodriguez: “Right now we incarcerate way more people in Wisconsin than…”

Featuring: Sara Rodriguez, Democratic | Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin

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Wisconsin Disability Caucus 2026 Governor Candidate Forum

Published | Video Starts at 48:33

Other Wisconsin, for me, young people means that focusing on intervention support early so we're not pushing them with deeper into the system and putting more people in the jails. So thank you for that, Sarah. So Right now we incarcerate way more people in Wisconsin than our midwestern neighbors. Minnesota has specifically done reform to reduce the number of people who are incarcerated and this is going to help the entire population of Wisconsin and it's going to be cheaper to be honest. (48:33–48:40)

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Asserts that Wisconsin incarcerates more people than neighboring Midwestern states.

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