Mark Rice, president of Ex-Prisoners Organizing.
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Advocates Want An Ombudsman For Wisconsin’s Prisons, The State Has Other Plans
Department of Corrections pursuing outside contractor. Lawmakers could complicate both options.
Oct 23rd, 2024 by Andrew Kennard
Milwaukee Film Announces Full List of Post-Film Panels and Q&As at 2024 Dialogues Documentary Festival
The inaugural Dialogues Documentary Festival begins this Thursday, September 26th and runs through Sunday, September 29th
Sep 25th, 2024 by Milwaukee Film
Should National Guard Be Sent to State’s Prisons?
Some advocates pushing Gov. Evers to use guards to relieve staffing shortage.
Dec 13th, 2023 by Devin Blake
Our Unjust System of Mass Supervision
Wisconsin has nation’s third highest rate of detaining people for violations of supervision.
Aug 26th, 2020 by Mark Rice
Evers Faces Hurdles to Cutting Prisons
Governor promised to cut prison population by 50%, but has so far made no progress.
Jul 1st, 2019 by Izabela Zaluska
Evers Funds Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility
Budget has $8.1 million for upgrades, so he won’t close facility as critics have demanded.
Mar 12th, 2019 by Gretchen Schuldt
Horror Stories of State Detention Center
Milwaukee-based center has “atrocities,” deaths from heat exhaustion, former inmates say.
Oct 17th, 2017 by Jabril Faraj
Grassroots Group Targets Sheriff Clarke
But Clarke calls group’s leaders “mush-minds” and “rabble rousers.”
Aug 14th, 2017 by Jabril Faraj
“I lost my job, my scholarship and my apartment.”
3,000 people in the state were incarcerated without conviction in 2015. Why?
Dec 14th, 2016 by Mark Rice
How to Combat Mass Incarceration
Federal bill would reform system. Sen. Baldwin supports it. Will Sen. Johnson?
Jun 17th, 2016 by Mark Rice
Young Ex-Con Champions Criminal Justice Reform
Leader of UWM student group, Community Uprise, advocates for felons convicted of nonviolent offenses.
Mar 26th, 2016 by Patrick Thomas
Ex-Cons Advocate for Prison Reform
Advocacy group pushes for better treatment, restored rights and banning the box.
Dec 8th, 2015 by Wyatt Massey
