“A state-issued ID can be the key to finding opportunity after incarceration, from connecting with social services, to opening a bank account, getting a job, securing stable housing, and pursuing an education,” Northam said in the press release. “We are…
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Paying to Stay in Jail: Hidden Fees Turn Inmates into Debtors | The Crime Report
Such fees have escalated in recent decades. The U.S. Supreme Court recently ruled in a 9-0 decision that financial penalties levied by states may be so high as to violate the federal Eighth Amendment constitutional protection against excessive fines. Noting that excessive…
Officials push forward juvenile justice plan they admit already falls short | Wisconsin | lacrossetribune.com
In total, the plans would cost the state about $113 million, roughly $33 million short of the state funding already set aside. “I think it’s been very clear from the beginning of this debate that there was always going to…
Pay-to-stay fees put some Wisconsin inmates in sizable debt :: WRAL.com
“If I could create a perfect system to maintain inequality, create inequality and sustain it over time, this is the system,” University of Washington sociology professor Alexes Harris said. “The process perfectly labels, stigmatizes, financially burdens and imposes further legal…
Wisconsin Justice Initiative blog
Then he lied about checking on Marciniak. And lied. And lied. He lied to officers from the Greenfield Police Department, called in to investigate the death, on three separate occasions between Aug. 15 and Aug. 31, 2016, according to a…
Are Prison Law Libraries Falling Short On Access Goals? – Law360
The U.S. Supreme Court On Prison Law Libraries “We hold, therefore, that the fundamental constitutional right of access to the courts requires prison authorities to assist inmates in the preparation and filing of meaningful legal papers by providing prisoners with…
Incarceration can be rehabilitative | VOX, CEPR Policy Portal
Incarceration rates have tripled in the US and almost doubled in Western Europe over the past 50 years. This column uses data on the criminal behaviour and labour market outcomes of every Norwegian to show that in contrast to the US, where…
How Norway turns criminals into good neighbours – BBC News
“Not ‘guards’,” admonishes Hoidal gently, when I use the term. “We are prison ‘officers’ and of course we make sure an inmate serves his sentence but we also help that person become a better person. We are role models, coaches…
Federal lawsuit seeks to halt Wisconsin’s lifetime GPS monitoring | Buting, Williams & Stilling, S.C.
It can be hard for many people to sympathize for the plight of convicted sex offenders, but this program appears to confer little if any additional safety for the public. Furthermore, we can all recognize the need for due process.…
How Publicly Funded Colleges Encourage Dangerous Sex
Universities’ efforts to endorse sexually profligate lifestyles often result in cringey attempts to normalize bizarre, risky, and even destructive behavior. Events, curriculum, and programs prodding fornication, kinky activity, and pornography feed off the naiveté of freshman boys and girls to…