Sentencing reforms at what cost?

Back in September, I wrote about the reforms to Wisconsin’s Truth in Sentencing laws that were enacted as a part of Wisconsin Act 28, and at the time I noted a good number of violent felony offenses would be statutorily eligible for early release from prison and/or early discharge from…

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There’s a bad apple in every bunch…

…and at the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF), that bad apple sure appears to be Sergeant Paul Vick Jr. Sergeant Vick has been charged with 15 felonies in connection with alleged sexual contact with three women inmates. Sergeant Vick was suspended with pay in August after the first allegations surfaced,…

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Malone out at HOC; career in the toilet?

I suppose it’s only fitting that former Milwaukee County House of Corrections Superintendent Ron Malone’s ID card and badge turned up in a toilet at the HOC last week, considering it could be said his career’s in the toilet as well. Malone has done a terrible job as Superintendent at…

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Deeper state budget cuts ordered

Here’s some bad news out of Madison: Madison — Administration Secretary Michael Morgan told state agencies today that the looming state budget deficit means they will have to cut operations spending by more than 10%. The agencies were under orders in June to submit plans by Monday to cut their…

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That’s Alotta Dough!

$36.3 million dollars. That’s the amount the state Department of Corrections paid out in overtime costs between mid-2005 and mid-2006, a jump of 27 percent. Rising numbers of inmates in the state prison system, coupled with staff shortages in state institutions, are largely to blame for the overtime costs, and…

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Probation Agents Accused of Drug Possession

As I was surfing the ‘net reading what’s making news across Wisconsin, I happened upon this article about two probation & parole agents with the Wisconsin Department of Corrections who have been charged with possession of cocaine and obstructing an officer. Now even though both charges are misdemeanors, these are…

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The Thought Police?

So I came across an interesting article in the MJS about Michael Monyelle, a convicted sex offender who recently told his parole he was having deviant thoughts about children, including his sister’s young children. In addition to having consensual sexual contact with two underage girls when he was 19 and…

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