Emma Shakeshaft

Wisconsin’s Municipal Courts Are Not Transparent

Many failed to respond to open records requests or provided incomplete data.

Shredding of Mail by Wisconsin Prisons Worries Legal Advocates

Attorneys concerned about confidentiality, delays and missing documents.

52 Wisconsin Communities Jail Individuals For Unpaid Fines, A Costly Process

ACLU study finds municipal courts, including Milwaukee, use threat of jail, but it's counterproductive.

Wisconsin’s Municipal Courts Issued 27,000 Arrest Warrants for Unpaid Fines

ACLU study shows disproportionate jailing of poor and minorities owing fines.

Police Haven’t Ended Stop and Frisks

ACLU report finds Milwaukee police out of compliance with 2018 legal settlement.

Milwaukee Police Department Continues Discriminatory Stop-And-Frisks Despite 2018 Settlement of Lawsuit

Tougher Drunk Driving Laws Proposed

Criminalized first offenses and fines that could devastate the poor, ACLU says.