Public Safety
Milwaukee Reentry Council Helps Ex-Cons
Its new program for ex-offenders seeks to reduce recidivism by 50 percent.
Oct 4th, 2018 by Grace Connatser, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Conference Spotlights Human Trafficking
Milwaukee a "hot spot," with more than 1000 arrests in three years. experts say.
Oct 2nd, 2018 by Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Business Owner Calls For Drugs Cease Fire
Center Street barber shop owner calls on residents in neighborhoods with heavy drug trafficking.
Sep 28th, 2018 by Sophie Bolich, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Chief Morales Backs Community Policing
But offers little detail on curbing excessive force in forum at Marquette.
Sep 26th, 2018 by Ryeshia Farmer, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Public Defender Pushes $70 Rate for Appointed Counsel
State hourly rate of $40 lowest in nation, indigent defendants often have no attorney.
Sep 24th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt
Tommy Could Help Create Prison Reform
Thompson, former Republican governor, regrets increase in incarceration, could team with Democratic reformers.
Sep 17th, 2018 by Mayor Cavalier Johnson
Court Reverses $6.7 Million Rape Verdict
Federal appeals court rules county not liable for employee raping county jail inmate.
Sep 17th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt
City Blueprint for Peace Is Must Read
It’s surprisingly powerful. And could help change how we live.
Sep 14th, 2018 by Dr. Robert S. Smith, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Tommy Thompson Is Wrong About Prisons
He regrets 1991 plan I wrote. But he never implemented it.
Sep 14th, 2018 by George Mitchell
Should More Criminal Records Be Expunged?
State behind others in giving ex-offenders a second chance, argues Clean Slate Wisconsin.
Sep 14th, 2018 by Phoebe Petrovic, Wisconsin Public Radio
18-Year-Old Hangs Himself, Lacked Lawyer
Case spotlights state’s constitutional crisis, inadequate funding for appointed counsel.
Sep 13th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt
Schimel Say Rape Kit Backlog Ended
Critics charge attorney general shouldn’t have taken four years to fix the problem.
Sep 11th, 2018 by Laurel White, Wisconsin Public Radio
