Inhumane Dane Episode 1: Where is the justice? By Ally Bates, Dan Fitch, Oona Mackesey-Green & Bonnie Willison ● Inhumane Dane ● May 2, 2023 May 3, 2023 The lasting impacts of Jimmie Joshua’s ordeal inside the Dane County Jail.
The Dane County Jail project heads toward a crucial vote By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● April 18, 2023 April 18, 2023 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 By Ally Bates, Dan Fitch, Oona Mackesey-Green & Bonnie Willison ● Inhumane Dane ● April 17, 2023 April 17, 2023 Coming soon: A podcast series about the backlash against a new jail in Dane County.
Book banning is alive and well in Wisconsin prisons By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● March 14, 2023 March 14, 2023 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 By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● November 3, 2022 April 12, 2023 DCSO is killing more people and asking for more money—but where’s the investment in alternate mental-health models?
Goodbye, Halloween House By Dan Fitch ● Culture ● September 7, 2022 September 7, 2022 An inexplicable Tenney-Lapham landmark has gone quietly into that spooky night.
Guest column: Under Mnookin, UW-Madison is repeating its COVID-19 mistakes By Karl Broman, Dan Fitch & Yasmin Schamiloglu ● Politics ● August 24, 2022 August 24, 2022 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 By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● August 15, 2022 April 12, 2023 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 By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● August 8, 2022 April 12, 2023 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 By Dan Fitch ● Politics ● March 7, 2022 April 12, 2023 Another absurd, expensive, and politically craven turn in the drawn-out quest to build new cages.