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Racial Disparity in Wisconsin Felony Sentences

February 18, 2021 Pamela Oliver Criminal justice, Imprisonment, Prosecution, Wisconsin

Columnist Daniel Bice of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel broke the news last week that Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Patience Roggensack has been sitting on a year-old study that showed a clear pattern of racial disparity in Wisconsin prison sentences. Specifically, the study shows substantial racial differences in the likelihood

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Use of Pepper Spray to “Fog” Inmates in Jail: A National Trend?

August 2, 2017 Emma Frankham Imprisonment, Jail, Wisconsin

Police use of force has recently stirred widespread public interest and concern. Recent use of force incidents have been well-publicized on social media due to the ability of the public to witness and video record police actions. However, owing to the fact that the operations of jails and prisons are

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Clock restarting and Wisconsin’s Revocation Problem

June 12, 2017 Pamela Oliver Criminal justice, Imprisonment, Revocations, Wisconsin

A quirk in Wisconsin’s Truth in Sentencing law increases the “churning” in and out of prison via revocation and creates the possibility for massive injustice & increases costs.[i] A Wisconsin sentence has a total length that is divided into two parts, imprisonment and extended supervision in the community. If a

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Wisconsin Imprisonment Trends By Offense

June 8, 2017 Pamela Oliver Imprisonment, Wisconsin

A reporter’s inquiry led me to look into the changing mix of offenses among people in Wisconsin’s prisons 2000-2014. This is a short version of a longer report about what what I found. A report in the Wisconsin Taxpayer Magazine provides a substantial amount of analysis, including summaries of important policies

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How long do people stay in prison in Wisconsin?

December 22, 2016 Pamela Oliver Criminal justice, Imprisonment, Wisconsin

It is important to understand how long people stay in prison as part of understanding revocations. The graph below shows how long people stay in prison across all admission types.  The vertical axis shows the cumulative percentage who have exited after the number of months on the horizontal axis. So,

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Comparing Wisconsin Counties on the Black/White Disparity Prison Admissions

October 11, 2016 Pamela Oliver Criminal justice, Imprisonment, Wisconsin

Dane County has the highest Black/White rate of prison admissions among Wisconsin counties with large Black populations, but it does NOT have the highest Black prison admission rate. That dubious honor goes to Kenosha County. Milwaukee County has high racial disparities in prison admissions and has over 70% of the

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