Public Safety
Youth Corrections Proposal Sent To State
Unlike Lincoln Hllls, proposed center emphasizes treatment and programming, not punishment.
Sep 11th, 2019 by Graham Kilmer
Building Trust Can Help Juvenile Offenders
How Milwaukee can learn from juvenile offender programs in NYC. Second in series.
Sep 11th, 2019 by Allison Dikanovic, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
How New York Handles Juvenile Justice
"Close to Home" program could provide model for Wisconsin. First in a series.
Sep 10th, 2019 by Allison Dikanovic, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Waukesha Has a Deal With ICE
Only sheriff’s department in state that created agreement with federal immigration authorities.
Sep 6th, 2019 by Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner
Council Okays Settlement to Sterling Brown
City would pay $400,000. But the Bucks guard isn't expected to accept the offer.
Sep 4th, 2019 by Jeramey Jannene
Opioid Settlement Could Aid County
Milwaukee suit seeks settlement to repay county’s costs from opioid crisis, can cite Purdue Pharma case.
Sep 4th, 2019 by Isiah Holmes, Wisconsin Examiner
The Rise of Automated Breathalyzer Tests
Many counties using automated kiosks to conduct court-mandated alcohol screening.
Sep 3rd, 2019 by Danielle Kaeding, Wisconsin Public Radio
Wis. Republicans Once Backed Gun Control
Backing Brady Bill in 1993. Will any now support the background checks bill?
Aug 30th, 2019 by Robin Bravender, Wisconsin Examiner
State Defends Juvenile Life Sentences
DOJ lawyers seek to dismiss ACLU suit calling this cruel and unusual punishment.
Aug 29th, 2019 by Gretchen Schuldt
Measuring Poverty’s Impact in the City
Powerful new data has been done. But some research was shut down.
Aug 28th, 2019 by Bruce Thompson
Remembering Quanita “Tay” Jackson
She worked to make city better, only to be fatally shot.
Aug 28th, 2019 by Mark Doremus, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Congress Must Take on Gun Industry
Repeal Toomey Amendment which immunizes manufacturers from liability and bars gun data analysis.
Aug 23rd, 2019 by Ray Dall’Osto and Chris Strohbehn, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
