One out of every 36 Black Wisconsinites is in prison, and Wisconsin leads the nation in Black imprisonment rates.
That’s according to a new report by the Sentencing Project, a criminal justice reform policy organization.
For a deep dive into the report’s findings, our Producer Jonah Chester spoke with Ashley Nellis, a senior researcher with the Sentencing Project and the report’s lead author.
Photo by Jonah Chester
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