County Executive Joe Parisi named Representative Stubbs as the new head of Dane County Human Services in April. As the county’s largest department, the incoming Director would be responsible for […]
Dane County Jail Gets Final Price Tag
County Executive Joe Parisi announced yesterday that the final expected cost to build a new Dane County Jail is around $179 million dollars. That comes as the Dane County Jail […]
Sheriff Kalvin Barrett Calls on County Board to Put Jail Funding On Ba...
The current jail, primarily located above the City-County Building in downtown Madison, was first built in 1953, and contains no medical or mental health beds. Current Dane County Sheriff Kalvin […]
Year in Review: The Uncertain Path of the Dane County Jail
The Dane County Jail, primarily located above the City-County Building in downtown Madison, was first built in 1953, and contains no medical or mental health beds. Instead, jail residents experiencing […]
New Plan for Dane County Jail Released As Jail Residents are Moved to ...
The Dane County Jail began to move residents out of the jail and into other county jails today, the start of a project to close the east-wing aging jail on […]
Dane County Board Approves Funds for Gun Buyback Program
The Dane County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt a resolution to fund a voluntary gun buyback program at their meeting last Thursday night. The program will be run by […]
