Browsing: Criminal Justice

Wisconsin needs criminal justice data collection and reporting legislation

What we know thus far

Policymakers will need to look to reforms to address overcrowding issues

Move would stress support and health care systems throughout the state

Badger Institute analysis shows the rate is much lower, and complicated crime reporting makes comparisons difficult

Revoking supervision for ex-offenders accused of new crimes would cost taxpayers without improving public safety

Wisconsin’s prison system will require hundreds of millions of dollars for new construction, operating costs just to keep up with population growth

The Joseph Project, a program championed by Senator Ron Johnson, connects the formerly incarcerated and others from disadvantaged Milwaukee neighborhoods with good-paying jobs.

The current system is vulnerable to politics and perverse incentives

An employer handbook

Two studies look at Wisconsin’s complex community corrections system and why many on supervision are failing.

Revocation study looks at Wisconsin’s complex community corrections system and why many on supervision are failing.

Former Michigan state Sen. John Proos (R), chair of the legislative budget subcommittees overseeing corrections and the judiciary budgets, describes the bipartisan reform measures Michigan adopted in 2017 and the dramatic improvements that followed. The event in the Wisconsin State Capitol was sponsored by the Wisconsin Criminal Justice Coalition.

The increasing popularity of recreational marijuana is not reason to legalize it. In fact, the more we learn about the impact of recreational use, the more we should take caution.

It is time to end the war on pot, which enriches criminals and puts innocent people in jail, all at a huge cost to Wisconsin taxpayers.

How can Wisconsin improve its criminal justice system? Representatives from the University of Wisconsin, Right on Crime, and the Charles Koch Institute discuss areas for reform.
Featuring Cecelia Klingele, Tom Lyons and Jeremiah Mosteller

When law enforcement and ex-offenders come together, good things can happen.

This video tells the story of Partners in Hope, a Milwaukee prisoner reentry program where cops, federal agents and prosecutors (among others) offer training, mentorship and friendship to people directly returning from prison or jail.

The Wisconsin Criminal Justice Coalition, led by the Badger Institute, offers policy ideas for combating recidivism, fostering opportunity, saving taxpayer money and maintaining public safety.

Institute welcomes first member of new Visiting Fellows Program.