Dane County Jail
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Propaganda hoedown: How the Dane County Sheriff tried to sell the Smart Communications contract
Mail-scanning systems are spreading, not for safety purposes, but to strengthen punishment bureaucrats’ surveillance powers and corporate extraction.
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Another layer of isolation could be coming for Dane County Jail “residents”
The grounds for scanning inmate mail are dubious, and vendors profit from the high price of connection.
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Dane County’s jail money pit gets deeper, but some want to keep digging
The project now tops $200 million, but some are giving in to sunk-cost thinking.
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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.
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Dane County’s lucrative relationship with ICE
Despite publicly distancing itself from aggressive immigration enforcement, the county has received a lot of federal money for law enforcement to inform on undocumented people.
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Declaring Dane County an “abortion sanctuary” doesn’t protect reproductive healthcare
Gestures from the County Board don’t (and mostly can’t) change Wisconsin’s legal landscape around abortion.
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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?
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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.
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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.
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New co-responder programs for mental health crises offer different approaches—including whether they send police to the scene
Who can you expect to show up when you call for help in Madison?
