WORT 89.9FM Madison · SplinterHeron Jail – Opioid 4 – 12 – 2022 The Dane County Sheriff announced an opioid treatment program today. The goal is to continue residents’ addiction […]
COVID-19 Inside Wisconsin Prisons with EXPO’s Ramiah Whiteside &...
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 […]
Prison Abolition and the Free the 350 Bail Fund
The Madison organization Free the 350 Bail Fund works to bail out Black people incarcerated in the Dane County jail system. They argue that incarceration is the modern-day slavery and […]
Visual Mesh Cameras, Cash Bail Analysis Pass Dane County Public Protec...
Photo by 12019 / 10259 images on Pixabay. A subcommittee of the Dane County Board considered proposals related to law enforcement and public safety on Tuesday night. Among them was […]
Plans for new county jail move ahead despite pandemic
Last night, a review committee tasked with the construction of a new county jail received a virtual tour of what the new facility would look like. The jail was initially […]
Quarantine Measures Negatively Impacting Prison Population
James Morgan spent more than a decade in prison. He is now the lead peer support specialist at the Madison Urban Ministry where he helps formerly incarcerated people re-integrate into […]