Deteriorating prisons, truth-in-sentencing, Act 10: Reasons for problems abound, while solutions remain elusive.
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Posted inCommunity, Opinion: Community Voices
OPINION: I killed a man. But is my sentence based more on revenge when it should be about redemption and rehabilitation?
Our judicial system is based on revenge when it should be about redemption and rehabilitation.
Posted inCommunity, Neighborhoods, Public Safety
Wisconsin imprisons 1 in 36 Black adults. No state has a higher rate.
A new Sentencing Project report confirms the state’s deep racial disparities in incarceration, which one advocate calls ‘a slap in the face.’
Posted inCarousel, Community, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety
Clean Slate Milwaukee urges ex-convicts to ‘be part of their own rescue’
Clean Slate Milwaukee provides expungement services for young adults between the ages of 17-25 who have non-violent felony or misdemeanor convictions.
Posted inCarousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, Special Report
Special Report: Black men bear the brunt of unequal enforcement of marijuana laws
Despite the large racial disparity in the way marijuana possession laws are enforced in Wisconsin, decriminalization advocates say nothing will change as long as the issue is considered an “inner city” problem.