Reopening Appleton prison: The case for and against

MPR News host Tom Weber talks with Representative Tim Miller, R-Prinsburg, sponsor of a bill in the state House that proposes a re-opening of the prison in Appleton, and with Justin Terrell of TakeAction Minnesota, about the possibility of the state leasing the Swift county prison in an effort to ease prison overcrowding. The conversation includes discussion of much-needed rural jobs as well as community groups' concerns about the overwhelming incarceration of persons of color.

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