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State Representative John Rogers (D) convicted of wire and mail fraud. (2024) [1] State Representative David Cole (R) convicted of voter fraud and served 60 days in jail. (2023) [2] [3] Fred Plump (D) State Representative pled guilty to criminal conspiracy and obstruction of justice. He repaid $200K and was forced to resign.
State Delegate Ron Villanueva (R) was convicted of fraud and sentenced to 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 years in federal prison. (2019) [ 305 ] State Delegate Phil Hamilton (R) sentenced to 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 years in prison for federal bribery and extortion.
Welfare fraud is the act of illegally using state welfare systems by knowingly withholding or giving information to obtain more funds than would otherwise be allocated. This article deals with welfare fraud in various countries of the world, and includes many social benefit programs such as food assistance, housing, unemployment benefits ...
“We are operating the oldest prison in the state of Wisconsin in. Guards at Wisconsin's oldest maximum-security prison failed to provide basic care for inmates who died on their watch, including ...
While campaigning in 2018, Evers also said he supported eventually reducing the state's prison population through the release of inmates for good behavior, expanding or creating court diversion ...
Minnesota, as a result, spends proportionately less on corrections than Wisconsin: $111 per state resident in 2020, compared to Wisconsin’s $220, according to a Wisconsin Policy Forum analysis.
In 1939, control of state prisons was transferred to a new "Division of Corrections" established within the new Wisconsin Department of Public Welfare. There was a major reorganization of Wisconsin's state government agencies in 1967, and the Department of Public Welfare was replaced by the Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services ...
Three years after the program was initiated in Arizona, over 87,000 welfare recipients have been tested: One test came up as positive which ended up saving the state only $560, according to USA Today.