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Supervision is the Key to Address Mass Incarceration

March 9, 2024

There are several policies we need to push in order to address the mass incarceration in Wisconsin.

Popular Interests In This Article: Dora Drake, Mass Incarceration

With Women Imprisonment Rising, Black Females Still Feel the Brunt of America’s Mass Incarceration

April 15, 2023

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Senior National Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia America imprisons many more of its citizens than any other developed nation, with men comprising most of the incarcerated. But the rate of growth for female imprisonment has been twice as high as that of men since 1980, according to The Sentencing Project, which estimates […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Incarceration, Mass Incarceration, Stacy M. Brown, The Sentencing Project

Wisconsin Imprisons 1 in 36 Black adults. No State Has a Higher Rate.

October 23, 2021

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 fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee. Visit milwaukeenns.org. Wisconsin imprisons Black residents at a higher rate than any other state in the country, a new report found, highlighting long-standing […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Clare Amari, Incarcerated People, Mass Incarceration, Racial Disparities, Ramiah Whiteside, The Sentencing Project

SPECIAL REPORT: Mass Incarceration of Women and Minorities a New Crisis

May 11, 2019

By Stacy M. Brown NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Although the number of people in prisons and jails in America has slightly declined, numbers released on Thursday, April 25, by the Statistics still show that nearly 1.5 million individuals were in prison by the end of 2017. The statistics also note that the U.S. continues to […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Mass Incarceration, Stacy M. Brown

Report Finds ‘Unusually High Rates of Community Corrections Supervision and Reincarceration’ in Wisconsin

January 26, 2019

By Nyesha Stone We all know our state fails in lot of areas, and the ones we do succeed in aren’t usually ones worth bragging about. As the most segregated city in the country—according to a recent study by the Brookings Institution—Wisconsin is also surpassing the country when it comes to the number of probations […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Mass Incarceration, Nyesha Stone, Prison Reform

The Growing and Disproportionate Imprisonment of Black Women in America

December 8, 2018

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA NewswireCorrespondent @StacyBrownMedia Missy Venable (not her real name) said she has trouble sleeping at night. It’s not the typical case of insomnia. It’s the after effects of spending more than seven years in prison–which, incidentally, is where her fellow inmates began calling her “Missy,” and the name just stuck. She […]

Popular Interests In This Article: African American Women, Mass Incarceration, Stacey M. Brown

Film Review: Ava DuVernay Tackles Mass Incarceration and more in “The 13th”

October 15, 2016

By Dwight Brown NNPA Newswire Film Critic The New York Film Festival celebrated its 54th year by trying something new. For the first time in history, its Opening Night World Premiere was a documentary. Even more noteworthy, this non-fiction film is by director Ava DuVernay (Selma) and it focuses on America’s deep problem with its […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Angela Davis, Ava DuVernay, Documentary, Dwight Brown, Film Review, Mass Incarceration, Michelle Alexander, The 13th Movie

New Report Shows State and Local Governments Spend More on Incarceration than Education

July 22, 2016

By Karen Stokes The Milwaukee Courier A new report from the U. S. Department of Education revealed that the majority of state and local governments are investing more money on prison than on education. The report, Trends in State and Local Expenditures on Corrections and Education, released on July 7, showed that on the average, […]

Popular Interests In This Article: John B. King Jr., Karen Stokes, Mass Incarceration, My Brothers Keeper MBK, Valerie Jarrett

EXCEPT WHERE INDICATED, THE OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THIS PAGE ARE NOT NECESSARILY THOSE OF THE MADISON TIMES

Baltimore: We Have Been Here Before

May 8, 2015

By Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., NNPA Columnist May 8, 2015   Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., NNPA Columnist     Now it is Baltimore. There Freddie Gray, a Black man, was stopped on the street, pinned to the ground, dragged to the back of a police wagon, and died in police custody. Six officers were suspended. […]

Popular Interests In This Article: Baltimore, Devah Pager, Jesse L. Jackson Sr., Kerner Commission, Kerner Report, Mass Incarceration, MAY 8 2015, Police Brutality, VOL. 25 NO. 17



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