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‘It has been set back years now’: Free calls to those who are incarcerated hits a snag in Milwaukee County

March 1, 2022 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

A plan for free calls for those jailed at the Milwaukee County House of Correction and the Milwaukee County Jail has been blocked due to budgetary considerations.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

Father launches ‘One Pill Kills’ social media campaign after son’s overdose death

February 17, 2022 by Edgar Mendez 3 Comments

Isaac Solis Jr. died in 2019 after taking what he thought was a prescription Percocet. His fatal mistake is part of a phenomenon that’s driven an increase in overdose deaths across the country, including in Milwaukee County.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety Tagged With: Noticias414

Is driver’s ed a key to solving our reckless driving problem? Some leaders think so.

January 19, 2022 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

Since 2016, more than 7,000 students have participated in the driver education program through Milwaukee Recreation. Officials say the program is essential in training the next generation of drivers.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

Community Collaborative Commission off to a slow start in work with MPD

December 15, 2021 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Progress has been slow for the Community Collaborative Commission, but the group expects that to change in 2022.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

Residents hopeful gun deaths will decrease with Milwaukee joining the Gun Safety Consortium

November 12, 2021 by Matt Martinez 3 Comments

Milwaukee joins other cities and municipalities testing new gun safety technology in an attempt to reduce gun violence, including suicides and accidental deaths.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

Little progress in finding facility to house Milwaukee youths once Lincoln Hills, Copper Lake prisons close

October 19, 2021 by Edgar Mendez Leave a Comment

Nearly four months after missing a second deadline to close the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons, officials still have not decided on a replacement facility to house local youths.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

Wisconsin imprisons 1 in 36 Black adults. No state has a higher rate.

October 17, 2021 by Clare Amari / Wisconsin Watch Leave a Comment

Ramiah Whiteside of Milwaukee holds a sign during a protest

A new Sentencing Project report confirms the state’s deep racial disparities in incarceration, which one advocate calls ‘a slap in the face.’

Filed Under: Community, Neighborhoods, Public Safety Tagged With: crime, incarceration, prison

Worried about lead poisoning in Wisconsin? Here’s what you should know.

September 14, 2021 by Diana Butsko (Wisconsin Watch) Leave a Comment

Adults can be lead poisoned, too. Lead is a particular concern for pregnant women because exposure could harm a developing fetus. If your child has elevated lead levels, get yourself tested, too.

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Housing, Neighborhoods, Public Safety Tagged With: lead, lead-poisoning, Noticias414

‘It’s criminal’: Milwaukeeans call for speedier lead pipeline removal to cut childhood poisoning

September 12, 2021 by Diana Butsko (Wisconsin Watch) Leave a Comment

Nazir Al-Mujaahid, and his sons, sitting on the steps in front of their home.

Replacing all Milwaukee lead service lines would take 70 years at current pace. Meanwhile, Wisconsin home lead investigations rarely test water amid focus on paint.

Filed Under: Health and Wellness, Housing, Neighborhoods, Public Safety Tagged With: lead, lead in water, lead-poisoning

‘And now he’s gone’: Event remembers those who lost their battle with opioid addiction

September 1, 2021 by Edgar Mendez 1 Comment

Memorial event at Zeidler Union Square marks International Overdose Awareness Day by focusing on those we lost.

Filed Under: Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety

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