Former Waupun warden and eight other prison employees have been charged in connection with multiple prisoner deaths over the past year.
Department of Corrections
Posted inCommunity, Criminal justice
Incarcerated people tell us what they want to see in a new head of Wisconsin’s prison system
Kevin Carr retired as the secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections on March 8. People who are incarcerated tell NNS what the next leader should focus on.
Posted inCommunity
5 things to know and do the weekend of Nov. 18
Give your ideas about what to put in ThriveOn King’s community space; meet and buy works from Milwaukee-based artists Rosy Petri and Sheniqua Freeman; tour Harambee’s arts, healing spaces and cultural sites; provide input on a proposed youth prison on the Northwest Side; and check out the Jackson Park winter farmers market.
Posted inEconomic Development, Neighborhoods
‘You can make a new start’: Job-training program offers those who’ve been incarcerated a lucrative new career
A training program at MATC offers formerly incarcerated men the opportunity to work in a high-wage industry.