After a multi-decade career in the criminal justice system in Dane County, Jerry Hancock went from being public defender to Deputy District Attorney, to… Reverend and organizer of the Prison […]
Lawmakers Unveil Bill to Cap Price of Jail, Prison Phone Calls
Today, lawmakers put forward a pair of bills to standardize how much incarcerated folks can be charged for phone calls. Current state law does not cap how much prisons, […]
Ex-incarcerated Persons Organizing: Year in Review
In this month’s 8 O’Clock Buzz — ExPO edition, Jerome Dillard speaks with several of his ExPO (Ex-incarcerated Persons Organizing) associates, Brittany Moes, Peggy West, and Ramiah Whiteside, about the […]
Prison Reform and Re-entry with Anthony Cooper
Damita Brown talks with Anthony Cooper, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Reentry Services from Nehemiah about prison reform, court reforms, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, banning the box and what it’s […]
Prisons, Racism, Capitalism and The Environment
Damita Brown talks with… – Anthony Cooper, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and Reentry Services from Nehemiah about prison reform, court reforms, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, banning the box and what […]
Victoria Law: A lifetime of monitoring for people of color
“Monitoring from birth to death” — this is how author and prison reform activist, Victoria Law, describes the juncture of liberal prison reformists and financial conservatives efforts to monitor people […]