For the first time, Wisconsinites are spending more tax money to send criminals to prison than to send kids to college. Governor Scott Walker and Republican lawmakers budgeted $2.2-billion dollars for the Corrections Department in the current two-year budget – and only $2.1-billion for the University system. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reviewed over 20 years of state budgets – and it found that the trend was building over that time with numerous policy changes. Both parties are responsible. And the same trend is happening nationally.
http://wtaq.com/news/articles/2012/aug/17/report-wisconsin-spends-more-on-prisons-that-college-aid/
