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Tony Evers: “We've been lowering actually the number of people…”

Featuring: Tony Evers, Democratic | Governor of Wisconsin

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Published | Video Starts at 02:04

We have veteran courts now and we AOD courts so that people that have minor instances of dealing with the system, they can get the help they need and maybe not be incarcerated. So We've been lowering actually the number of people incarcerated in the state by having these separate courts all across the state, even in Republican counties. And so we'll continue to focus on that. He says reducing the population is dangerous, though. Are you walking away from that initial goal of cutting it in half? (02:04–02:13)

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Asserts that the number of incarcerated people in Wisconsin has been reduced through the use of specialized courts.

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