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| | Heritage Clones in the Heartland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22) |
 | | Like the Commonwealth Foundation, the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute conducts an annual survey of public attitudes, which is conducted using scientifically acceptable survey methods, as are other studies that have few public policy implications or ideological significance, such as a study of the Educational Performance of Hmong Students in Wisconsin (12/97). |
 | | For example, when the Institute conducted a study on the relationship between prison incarceration and crimes, it turned to George A. Mitchell, whom the Institute merely described as a "consultant." In fact, Mitchell is a neoconservative mover-and-shaker in Milwaukee who ran a management firm that helped build the Milwaukee County Jail (Business Journal: Milwaukee, 4/10/89). |
 | | When the Institute's report, Prison Works (8/95), was released, most newspapers failed to mention Mitchell's biases or his past financial interests in building jails. |
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