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Carr says criminal justice reform would need to accompany any talks about new prisons
14 minutes Posted Apr 6, 2023 at 7:07 pm.
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In this week's Capitol Chats episode, Department of Corrections Secretary Kevin Carr says the current administration has no appetite to increase prison capacity. And any talks about building new prisons to replace aging facilities would need to come with a criminal justice reform deal. Republicans in the Joint Finance Committee have been focusing on the aging Green Bay Correctional Institution, first opened in 1898.