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  • Out-of-the-box ideas for Appleton prison

    Jul 21, 2016

    Letter to the editor, There was talk and promises about re-opening the Appleton Prison during the last legislative session. Failure was always blamed on other parties. Yes, some people were upset about expanding prison beds, but the heavier opposition that I heard about from lawmakers in St. Paul was the very questionable economics. The proposal to lease the PCF from CCA was estimated at between $6 and $8 million per year. This only accounts for the dollars paid to CCA, not the operations...