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Wisconsin governor submits proposal to build more prisons

May 15, 2019 by Anthony Manuel Caravalho

California in United States

Wisconsin’s Governor Tony Evers, whose campaign pledged to cut his state’s prison population in half, has instead recommended a $259 million … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Institutions, Legal, Prison Stories Tagged With: DOC, prisons, Wisconsin

Wisconsin ends harsh treatment of youth

October 18, 2018 by John Lam

Wisconsin prison officials have reached a legal settlement aimed at bringing sweeping criminal justice reform to its youth prisons. The settlement … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: ACLU, Wisconsin

Court order gives defense lawyers a raise

September 11, 2018 by Harry C. Goodall Jr.

Court-appointed lawyers in Wisconsin are getting a raise in an order meant to address a chronic lack of attorneys willing to take on public defense … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Legal Tagged With: Public Defenders, Sixth Amendment, Wisconsin

The over use of pepper spray on juveniles

October 1, 2017 by John Lam

Guards at a Wisconsin youth detention facility were found to have pepper-sprayed teenage inmates more than 100 times in the first six months of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Youth Offender Tagged With: incarcerated youth, Wisconsin

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