Standing in contrast to the traditional carceral system, a community justice center is a more restorative alternative. These centers aim to find peace between offenders, and send fewer people to jail, and connect individuals with resources for addressing mental health, substance abuse, and housing issues. Plans for a local community justice center have been in […]
Assembly Committee Holds Hearing on Police Reform Bills
Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Today, a legislative committee heard public input on nine bills that would reform policing in Wisconsin. The proposals are the product of months of consideration by a racial disparity and police reform task force. That task force was announced last August by top legislative Republican, Robin Vos. Vos announced the […]
Wisconsin State Senate Passes Police Reform Laws
Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Today the Wisconsin state senate considered a slate of bills, from legalizing paddlewheel raffles, requiring the national anthem at state sports arenas, to a handful of election related legislation. Also on the docket were five police reform bills which, according to the Associated Press, are the legislature’s first passed bills […]
Debunking Myths About Mass Incarceration
The United States has the largest population behind bars (a record 2.3 million in 2016) and the highest incarceration rate of any country (698 per 100,000). It’s a big problem, and yet many Americans accept this reality due to the widely held belief that prisons keep us safer. That’s a myth, though, says journalist Victoria […]
Madison Body Camera Committee Releases Final Report
Photo by diegoparra on Pixabay. Madison’s Body-Worn Camera Feasibility Committee released their final report this week, recommending to the Madison Common Council a body-camera pilot program with a long list of recommended procedures. The committee, the third of its kind in the last decade to study the implementation of body cameras in Madison, said that […]
Activists Demand Evers Release Incarcerated Citizens in Light of COVID...
Today, members of several decarceral groups held an action outside the Governor’s Mansion in the Village of Maple Bluff. They’ve been doing so on a regular basis for more than a month, urging Governor Tony Evers to take action to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Wisconsin prisons, or even acknowledge the situation. “When I […]
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