Wisconsin Governor's Race: July 24th News Coverage

The Wisconsin governor's race isn't about who will govern best it's about who will continue to serve the rural economic engine built on incarceration. The candidates debate crime rates while ignoring the structural poverty that creates them. They campaign in rural counties where prisons provide jobs, not in Milwaukee where communities need investment. They talk about public safety while perpetuating a system that criminalizes poverty and builds economic stability on human suffering.
This is the scandal of Wisconsin politics—that the state's economic future is tied to keeping prisons full, not to preventing people from ending up there in the first place. Until we break this cycle, we'll keep electing governors who serve the rural economy of incarceration rather than the urban communities that need prevention, treatment, and real investment.
And 45% of Democratic primary voters are still undecided. Maybe that's not indecision maybe it's recognition that no candidate is willing to tell the truth about Wisconsin's prison economy.

Director: PIQSTAR INC Newsroom

Starring: Tam Lawrence

Country: United States