Browsing: Corrections and Public Safety

Plea bargaining, punishment, and the public interest

What’s the connection?

A profile of urban inmates in Wisconsin prisons

As Wisconsin spends more money on its correctional system, this report analyzes how much value citizens are getting

Liquor, Disorder, and Crime in Wisconsin

Can it cut crime?

Every day in the state of Wisconsin, there are approximately 45,000 convicted criminals who are still under sentence and are living in our neighborhoods and communities

On any given day, 83% of the offenders who have been convicted of a serious crime in Wisconsin are not in prison: they are on the streets, while 17% of criminals are in Wisconsin prisons

A survey of prisoners and an analysis of the net benefit of imprisonment in Wisconsin