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In a May 2021 radio interview, Manjon said the group doesn t make attending court dates a condition of getting bail assistance, "because we re abolitionists." ....
Picks for April 11-14 includes No Coasting Fest shows at Mickey s and the Crystal Corner; 50th anniversary events for JustDane and Literacy Network. ....
In Wisconsin, Judge Everett Mitchell is re-assessing how drug offenders are handled, and treating them with dignity. The positive results are staggering ....
MADISON, Wis. At the City-County Building in Madison, where two floors house some of Dane County’s highest security inmates, a row of narrow isolation cells stands mostly empty. At least for today, when few inmates are falling sick with COVID-19, the absence is a good sign. Designed for discipline, throughout the pandemic they’ve also been used for quarantining the sick or exposed when other cells filled up, jail administrator Captain Kerry Porter said. But with the delta variant sweeping through the nation, low (or nonexistent) rates of infection may not remain a constant. To Porter’s recollection, at its highest point when measured as a percentage of population, only a quarter of the county’s inmates have accepted a vaccine. When News 3 Investigates checked in on two separate Mondays in July, that rate fell at 19% and 22%, respectively. ....
By Naomi Kowles Jul 21, 2021 | 7:32 PM MADISON, Wis. â At the City-County Building in Madison, where two floors house some of Dane Countyâs highest security inmates, a row of narrow isolation cells stands mostly empty. At least for today, when few inmates are falling sick with COVID-19, the absence is a good sign. Designed for discipline, throughout the pandemic theyâve also been used for quarantining the sick or exposed when other cells filled up, jail administrator Captain Kerry Porter said. But with the delta variant sweeping through the nation, low (or nonexistent) rates of infection may not remain a constant. To Porterâs recollection, at its highest point when measured as a percentage of population, only a quarter of the countyâs inmates have accepted a vaccine. When News 3 Investigates checked in on two separate Mondays in July, that rate fell at 19% and 22%, respectively. ....