Yesterday I briefly mentioned Ashok Kumar's County Board proposal "that would prohibit the county from entering into contracts that generate revenue from incarcerated people, including from phone calls and vending services." After further thought and some research, I'm surprised by how thoughtful and defendable the proposal is. The main issue here appears to be the phone card bills which prisoners' families incur while their loved ones are incarcerated.
According to the Capital Times, the proposal would take effect after roughly two years, giving a controversial phone services contract with IC Solutions time to expire -- and giving the County Board time to figure out alternate sources of revenue. $1.2 million needs to be made up somewhere, which is why I'm still not gung-ho for the proposal. I could envision an unfair policy being replaced with another unfair policy. Anybody catch the recent Operation Duck story?
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Another amazing accomplishment from a leader that will be dearly missed.
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