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  • Racine Prison Quarantines Entire Housing Unit

    Jail (Pixabay License) Mar 3rd, 2021 by Isiah Holmes
  • Evers Proposes $45.8 Million for Milwaukee Juvenile Facility

    Milwaukee County SRCCCY Rendering. Mar 1st, 2021 by Gretchen Schuldt
  • After Prison, What Next?

    The All of Us or None Wisconsin event in Wisconsin. Photo by Isiah Holmes/Wisconsin Examiner. Feb 25th, 2021 by Isiah Holmes
  • 48 Justice-Related Proposals by Evers

    Milwaukee County Courthouse Feb 17th, 2021 by Gretchen Schuldt
  • COVID-19 Infects Half of State Inmates

    Signs and posters are left outside the Wisconsin governor’s mansion in Maple Bluff, Wis., on June 18, 2020, as part of a “Drive to Decarcerate” event. Those attending urged Gov. Tony Evers to release inmates from Wisconsin’s overcrowded prisons to slow the spread of COVID-19. Before the pandemic, Evers set a goal to cut the state’s prison population in half. But 23 state prisons still exceed their designed capacity. Photo by Coburn Dukehart / Wisconsin Watch Feb 14th, 2021 by Vanessa Swales
  • Should Waupun Prison Be Closed?

    Inmates say and Department of Corrections records indicate that Waupun Correctional Institution officials did not notify prisoners of a dramatic lowering of maximum terms in solitary confinement for months after the new rules were enacted in June. Photo by Lauren Fuhrmann of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Feb 14th, 2021 by Isiah Holmes
  • State Prisons Badly Short of Staff

    Inmates say and Department of Corrections records indicate that Waupun Correctional Institution officials did not notify prisoners of a dramatic lowering of maximum terms in solitary confinement for months after the new rules were enacted in June. Photo by Lauren Fuhrmann of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism. Feb 10th, 2021 by Danielle Kaeding
  • Op Ed: Republican COVID Callousness

    Van Wanggaard. Photo from the State of Wisconsin Blue Book 2015-16. Feb 4th, 2021 by Matt Rothschild
  • Evers Names 30 Equity Council Members

    Rev. Alex Gee, pastor at Fountain of Life Covenant Church. Feb 2nd, 2021 by Catherine Capellaro
  • The State of Politics: How Thompson Is Handling Legislators

    Tommy Thompson. Photo courtesy of the UW System. Feb 1st, 2021 by Steven Walters
  • Court Watch: High Court Upholds Gun Possession Ban for Felons

    Wisconsin Supreme Court. Photo by Dave Reid. Jan 24th, 2021 by Gretchen Schuldt
  • State Expands Eligibility for Vaccination

    Dr. Ben Weston receives second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Photo courtesy of the Medical College of Wisconsin. Jan 20th, 2021 by Graham Kilmer
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