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Home » Press Releases » Rep. Madison: Rejects Legislative Republicans’ false solutions for community safety
MADISON - Today, Assembly Republicans passed a package of bills creating new crimes, new penalties, and new penalty enhancers on subjects ranging from police dogs to shoplifting. Wisconsin has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country and its prison population is approximately 5,000 people over capacity. Representative Darrin Madison (D-10) joined several of his colleagues in the Democ...