The Truth-o-Meter says: Mostly False | Not even a bus ticket home for inmates released from prison in Wisconsin? That’s an exaggeration Does Wisconsin leave just-released inmates stranded outside the prison gates? State Sen. Kathleen Vinehout, an Alma Democrat who is running for governor, painted that picture in a May 1, 2018, interview with Earl Ingram, a liberal radio talk show host on WRRD-AM in Milwaukee. Saying she wants to provide better substance abuse and mental health services in prisons because so many inmates suffer from those problems, Vinehout declared: These folks need help. They need the ability to be able to deal with their addiction and the health care
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