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Wisconsin prisons have experienced the highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.
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Read More »Evers plans new juvenile facilities in Milwaukee, Hortonia
Wisconsin's Department of Corrections will build two new juvenile detention facilities in Milwaukee and Outagamie counties to house serious juvenile offenders after the state's troubled youth prison closes, Gov. Tony Evers said Tuesday.
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Read More »Poor jailed while rich go free: Rethinking bail in Wisconsin
Some defendants spend longer in jail awaiting trial than their sentences ultimately call for.
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Read More »Milwaukee County jail gets grant to overhaul operations
Eleven U.S. jail systems will receive millions of dollars in grants to overhaul operations in order to reduce their overall inmate populations — some by as much as one third, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced Wednesday.
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Read More »Chippewa County jail installs tablets for inmate use
Sixteen tablets have been installed in different rooms and cells at the Chippewa County jail at no cost to the local government.
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