Ending mass incarceration in Wisconsin
Our State, Our Budget, Our Voice! Over 800 WISDOM members filled the Bethel Lutheran Church and the Capitol building on March 30 to learn about and address issues including Criminal Justice Reform, Education, Transit, Immigration, the Back Forty Mine, and
WISDOM is very disturbed by the near-paralysis of the parole system in Wisconsin, which is still responsible for the fate of more than 2,500 prisoners, sentenced prior to 1/1/2000. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Scott Walker’s proposed budget would
It is time for Governor Walker to face the fact that crimeless revocation – the practice of re-incarcerating people on probation, parole, and extended supervision for minor rule violations – is more than significant. It is a failed policy, a
WISDOM presents the findings of a ground-breaking Health Impact Assessment (HIA), titled Excessive Revocations in Wisconsin: The Health Impacts of Locking People Up Without a New Conviction. The new report describes the impact on individuals, families and communities of Wisconsin’s