Lawmakers push new earned release avenue for prisoners

Waupun Correctional Institution. Image source: Department of Corrections.
Waupun Correctional Institution. Image source: Department of Corrections.

Lawmakers argued a proposal to add vocational training to the Department of Corrections’ Earned Release Program would save money, increase equal opportunities and help the workforce shortage. 
Assembly Corrections Committee Chair Michael Schraa, R-Oshkosh, and Rep. Evan Goyke, D-Milwaukee, made the comments in Wednesday's Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee public hearing on SB 170. The b...

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