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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.

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.

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.)

The midterm elections are fast approaching and there are a lot of different efforts to encourage people to get out and vote. But a segment of the Wisconsin population that may be overlooked is people who are incarcerated. EXPO, or EX-Incarcerated People Organizing is working to reach the family members and communities of incarcerated people to encourage them to vote.

After 20 years of incarceration, Milwaukee-based entrepreneur and motivational speaker, Ed Hennings, knew he wanted to own his own business. After being released, he started his own barbershop but quickly became interested in the box trucking industry. After a challenging process he successfully began his own trucking business.

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.

An event this Saturday is exploring the impact of childhood trauma and how acquired childhood experiences can affect people later in life. The event is, in part, centered on the conviction of Marlin Dixon. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's James Causey and Angela Peterson share more.

Milwaukee has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country. Wisconsin’s criminal justice system has an impact on our entire community - both when people enter prison and when they leave. A local organization known as The Community focuses on people who are reentering the greater community after serving time in a correctional institution.

Reporter Champe Barton discusses his article in The Trace that details the story of two friends from Milwaukee who spent most of their lives in and out of our state’s penal system since the early 1980s.

A new report released Wednesday found that many jail administrators have taken small, but important, steps to increase ballot access for incarcerated individuals. However, authors say troubling voting barriers persist for the thousands of people in Wisconsin’s jails.