Inhumane Dane Episode 1: Where is the justice?
The lasting impacts of Jimmie Joshua’s ordeal inside the Dane County Jail.
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Dan Fitch
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The Dane County Jail project heads toward a crucial vote
As the County Board once again takes up the bloated project, don’t trust the powers that be on punishment.
Introducing the Inhumane Dane podcast
Coming soon: A podcast series about the backlash against a new jail in Dane County.
Book banning is alive and well in Wisconsin prisons
The state’s Department of Corrections uses opaque and arbitrary rules to control what incarcerated people can read.
Funding non-police mental health responses in Dane County is more important than ever
DCSO is killing more people and asking for more money—but where’s the investment in alternate mental-health models?
Goodbye, Halloween House
An inexplicable Tenney-Lapham landmark has gone quietly into that spooky night.
Guest column: Under Mnookin, UW-Madison is repeating its COVID-19 mistakes
Campus workers and community members address the new Chancellor’s lax safety plan for fall, and her responses to COVID concerns.
Digging into the latest opposition to a smaller Dane County Jail
Dane County skirts meaningful reform and looks to bypass resistance to building a new jail.
Dane County’s jail project barrels down a familiar road, but there are always more off-ramps
The County Board counts costs, Sheriff Barrett moves incarcerated people, and the Black Caucus recommends an alternative—as budget season heats up.
The Dane County Board pairs more jail funding with toothless calls for reform
Another absurd, expensive, and politically craven turn in the drawn-out quest to build new cages.
