Wisconsin GOP leadership still sit on their hands while prison crisis worsens

 

Headline:  WisPolitics, 3/11/2021

But some of Evers’ criminal justice proposals are likely to run into stiff opposition from Republicans, who have argued the guv’s goal of cutting the prison population in half would mean releasing violent offenders back into the community.

Otherwise known as the virulently racist 'Scary Black Man' dog whistle, which Ron Johnson used to hold onto his Senate seat. 

Headline:  New York Times, 2/2/2024

Last year, the Republican-controlled Legislature approved significant raises for guards, which have begun to reduce the number of unfilled openings. The move came two years after a similar proposal died amid partisan infighting, leading the percentage of unfilled  sharply, exceeding 50 percent at four of the six prisons.  (emphasis added]

"Last year" was 2023, when Tony Evers was sworn in for this second term as Wisconsin's 46th governor.

"Two years after" was 2021, when Republicans regularly blew on the "Scary Black Man" dog whistle, hoping it would tank Evers' re-election bid.

The graphic here tells you all you need to know.

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You can lay the current prison crisis in Wisconsin at the feet of Scott Walker.  (2/6/2024)