Earlier this spring, the Dane County Board of Supervisors hit a snag in the Jail Consolidation Project. As the price of labor and materials skyrocketed with inflation, the price tag […]
Jail Consolidation Project Gets Another New Plan Ahead of Vote
The plan to build a new jail was first approved in 2019 in an effort to close the aging jail in the City-County Building, as well as the outdated Ferris […]
Sheriff Kalvin Barrett Voices Support for Additional Jail Consolidatio...
Earlier today, Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett held a press conference to urge the Dane County Board to approve additional funding to build a new jail. A plan to consolidate […]
Dane County Jail Consolidation Project Continues to Face Barriers
Dane County Board Chair Analiese Eicher is calling for a “reality check” about the many constraints facing the long-controversial jail consolidation project, which is now facing ballooning costs and a […]
Dane County Jail officials to begin calling incarcerated folks “resi...
Earlier today, Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett announced that county jail staff would begin referring to incarcerated folks as “residents” instead of “inmates.” Sheriff Barrett says that the small change […]
Justice for Jimmie Joshua
Back in December, Jimmie Joshua broke his hip in an altercation with Sheriff’s Deputies while he was incarcerated in the Dane County Jail. Five months later, Joshua’s fiancee Allison Davidson […]
