The effects of a state policy which sends people who have not committed a new crime back to prison for violating a rule governing their release will be the focus of a presentation at 4 p.m. Wednesday at Unity Christ Center, 1808 Folsom St. in Eau Claire. The event is sponsored by JONAH (Joining Our […]
JONAH panelists: Wisconsin criminal justice system needs major reforms
By David Gordon, associate editor Reform of Wisconsin’s criminal justice system should be a top priority for the state and citizens should organize and bring pressure to accomplish this goal, according to participants in a Monday night panel discussion sponsored by JONAH’s Criminal Justice Reform Team (CJRT) and EXPO (Ex-Prisoners Organizing). That reform could start with the […]
JONAH program Nov. 14 to focus on effects of mass incarceration
A recently-released documentary, “Milwaukee 53206: A Community Serves Time,” will be shown at 6:30 p.m. next Monday (Nov, 14) at the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library. The hour-long documentary explores social issues that have helped to produce the highest incarceration rate in that Milwaukee area of any zip code in the United States. It tells the […]