By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]
‘The Most Traumatic Thing’: Incarcerated Mothers Push for Better Medical Care
By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]
How the Benedict Center Helps Women who Have Been Incarcerated
The state Department of Public Instruction says it has no legal authority to force private taxpayer-funded schools to accommodate students with disabilities By Devin Blake This story was … [Read more...]
He Spent 20 Years in Prison. Now he’s Spending his Life Helping Those who Have Been Incarcerated.
By PrincessSafiya Byers This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]
LGBTQ+ People who Have Been Incarcerated Face Many Hurdles. Meet the People Helping Them
By Devin Blake This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit … [Read more...]
Can formerly incarcerated people legally vote in Wisconsin? It depends.
What people with criminal convictions should know about voting rights in Wisconsin. by Jonmaesha Beltran Wisconsin Watch Nearly 4.6 million people in the U.S. were barred from voting due to a … [Read more...]
Biden-Harris Administration Expands Second Chance Opportunities for Formerly Incarcerated People
By Karen Stokes On Tuesday, during Second Chance Month, the Biden-Harris Administration granted pardons and sentence commutations to 78 Americans. Every year more than 600,000 people are … [Read more...]
‘It Has Been Set back Years Now’: Free Calls to Those Who Are Incarcerated Hits A Snag in Milwaukee County
By Edgar Mendez Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Imprisons 1 in 36 Black adults. No State Has a Higher Rate.
By Clare Amari (Wisconsin Watch) Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on … [Read more...]
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Prison Sentences Don’t Equal Death Sentences
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor Bill on COVID-19 Shortsighted I am going to say something that is likely unpopular, but here it goes. Incarcerated people are still people. … [Read more...]