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Category: Justice & Safety

Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

‘Skipping the middleman’: Defendants faced shifting demands in Outagamie County judge’s one-man drug court

by Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch, Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR August 28th, 2021September 29th, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety

Nearly 200 Wisconsin officers back on the job after being fired or forced out

by Peter Cameron / The Badger Project August 21st, 2021August 31st, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Judge’s rigorous collection of court-ordered debt atypical in Wisconsin — even in his own county

by Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch and Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 31st, 2021September 3rd, 2021
Posted inHealth & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Incarceration after COVID: How the pandemic could permanently change jails and prisons

by Robert Chappell / Madison365 and Shereen Siewert / Wausau Pilot and Review July 27th, 2021September 24th, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Man decries lengthy ‘de facto probation’ in Outagamie County

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch July 24th, 2021September 30th, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Timeline: Key dates from Beau Jammes’ review hearings with Judge Vincent Biskupic

by Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 24th, 2021September 2nd, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

‘Why do you keep harassing me?’: An Outagamie County judge controls defendants after sentencing

by Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR, Mario Koran / Wisconsin Watch, Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 17th, 2021August 3rd, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Behind the story: How we reported on a judge’s unusual sentencing practices

by Jack Kelly / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 17th, 2021July 21st, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, Justice Deferred

Justice Deferred: Glossary of legal terms

by Madeline Fuerstenberg / Wisconsin Watch and WPR and Phoebe Petrovic / Wisconsin Watch and WPR July 17th, 2021July 21st, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety, News about Wisconsin Watch

Students from Northwestern University showcase Wisconsin Watch story on curfew tickets

by Wisconsin Watch July 6th, 2021August 16th, 2021
Posted inJustice & Safety

In wake of Wisconsin’s racial justice protests, curfew tickets raise equity and speech questions

by Clara Neupert / Wisconsin Watch and Jim Malewitz / Wisconsin Watch April 24th, 2021August 16th, 2021
Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Cruel and Unusual?, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

‘He shouldn’t have had to die’: COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate

by Vanessa Swales / Wisconsin Watch February 13th, 2021March 29th, 2021

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