Public Safety
Will Earnell Lucas Be a “People’s Sheriff”?
That’s what new sheriff promised; community members hope he will be very different than David Clarke.
Jan 4th, 2019 by Max Nawara, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Evers Will Visit Lincoln Hills
Walker never visited troubled youth prison or any correctional facility during eight years in office.
Jan 3rd, 2019 by Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio
Chisholm Supports Fully Legal Pot
But only with adequate implementation and regulatory structures, he says.
Jan 2nd, 2019 by Gretchen Schuldt
City’s Homicides Way Down in 2018
Right now at 19 percent fewer homicides and 16 percent fewer non-fatal shootings. Why?
Dec 29th, 2018 by Ximena Conde, Wisconsin Public Radio
Drug Task Force Seeks Community Input
City-County Heroin, Opioid and Cocaine Task Force seeks solutions to drug epidemic.
Dec 20th, 2018 by Max Nawara, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
New Residential Treatment Facility Opens
Youth who might have gone to Lincoln Hills now at county’s Bakari Center, with aim to reduce recidivism.
Dec 19th, 2018 by Allison Dikanovic, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Jesuit Sex Offenders Must Be Prosecuted
Full investigation of clerical child sex abusers should be done by Attorney General.
Dec 18th, 2018 by Peter Isely
Sex Traffickers Ensnare Youth Without Homes
Report: 25% of sex-trafficked youth in city were missing from faster care, group homes.
Dec 17th, 2018 by Ximena Conde, Wisconsin Public Radio
41% of State Inmates Have Mental Health Issues
Critics decry use of prisons as dumping grounds for people with mental health problems.
Dec 14th, 2018 by Gretchen Schuldt
Board Rejects Outsourced Inmate Care
Unanimous vote rejects private company, calls for county staff to handle health services in jails.
Dec 13th, 2018 by Graham Kilmer
Evers Forms Panel On Prison Reform
Includes two former Supreme Court justices, three former prisons administrators.
Dec 12th, 2018 by Shawn Johnson, Wisconsin Public Radio
Punished By Probation Agents For 20 Years
Appeals court rules that man repeatedly denied probation and jailed due to gross negligence can sue.
Dec 7th, 2018 by Margo Kirchner
