As traumatic as the pandemic has been, imagine if you were locked up, where you cannot properly socially distance, or always get access to hand sanitizer. Imagine watching your cellmate slowly getting sicker and sicker. On this edition of the Access Hour, host Ramiah Whiteside, a coordinator with Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing (EXPO) gives us a […]
FREE Campaign works to change incarceration for women
“Each time a woman stands up for herself, without knowing it possibly, without claiming it, she stands up for all women.” — Maya Angelou. Today’s edition of the 8 o’clock Buzz – ExPO Hour features the movers behind the women’s division of ExPO, the FREE Campaign, with state Program Director Tamra Oman, Milwaukee Organizer Christal […]
ExPO — past, present, and plans for the future
In this special edition of the 8 O’Clock Buzz — ExPO edition, host Jerome Dillard reminisces with Tamara Oman about the early days of ExPO, the Voices Beyond Bars speakers bureau, peer support, relationship building, and more. They are joined in the second half of the show by Peggy West, ExPO Campaign Coordinator, and the […]
Incarceration should NOT be a death penalty
In this special ExPO hour (Ex-incarcerated Prisoners Organizing), host Jerome Dillard interviews 3 recently released inmates of several Wisconsin prisons to get the facts about the COVID infection risks to inmates. They relate their experiences of a lack of PPE, lack of proper quarantine of infected inmates and staff, their struggle over COVID-related health concerns. […]
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 […]
Wisconsin’s prisons approaching 7,500 COVID-19 cases
Nearly 7,500 people in Wisconsin’s prisons have tested positive with COVID-19 since the pandemic began. According to the state Department of Corrections, there are more than 1,800 active cases and ten people have died from the virus. Locally, the Dane County Jail, which is administered by the Sheriff’s office, reported nearly forty positive cases in […]
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