Pamela Oliver
December 2019 This report is my summary of the August 2019 “Analysis of the Dane County Jail Population” written by James Austin, Roger Ocker, and Wendy Naro-Ware of the JFA Institute (note1). The JFA report concludes that the best way to reduce the jail population is to speed the processing
Read moreThere is a great deal of discussion about the best ways to reduce mass incarceration. One topic that has received significant attention is the need to revisit parole for people who have been incarcerated for a long time. Some argue on moral grounds, that there should always be hope, and
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Alexis Econie, University of Wisconsin-Madison, econie@wisc.edu need more space Michael L. Dougherty, Illinois State University, mdoughe@ilstu.edu Stepping into the large warehouse, our boots sink half an inch into a milky-brown river
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