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Six people have died at the Milwaukee County Jail in just over a year. The people housed there report inadequate conditions and led a protest this summer.
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Prisoners describe unsanitary conditions and a dearth of medical care. Experts say staffing shortages are contributing to lockdowns across the country.
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Last month, a national report from the Safety and Justice Challenge commissioned by the MacArthur Foundation highlighted the overrepresentation of LGBTQ+ people within the criminal legal system. The report found that LGBTQ+ people are three times more likely to be incarcerated than the general population and more than twice as likely to be arrested than straight people.
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A national organization based in Madison is sending books to LGBTQ+ incarcerated people across the United States.
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Garland Hampton, a man serving a life sentence for a crime he committed as a teenager, shares his story of redemption after being released in 2020.
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Federal financial aid for college will be available to incarcerated students for the first time in about 30 years, starting this summer.
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Three Wisconsin technical colleges offer online associates degrees in prisons, and some four-year universities offer in-person classes.
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A program through Education Trust is trying to change the legal landscape to open new opportunities for these people. It’s called the Justice Fellows Policy Program, and Milwaukeean Shannon Ross was a part of their inaugural group of fellows.
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Keri Blakinger, an investigative reporter who worked on this study of banned books in U.S. prisons for The Marshall Project, shares her findings and answers if these books should be allowed in prison.
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Some classes are on the Marquette campus, while others are offered at the Racine Correctional Institution and the Milwaukee County Community Reintegration Center (formerly the House of Correction.)