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Following Class Action Civil Rights Lawsuit, Wisconsin Legislature to Close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake

Advocates applaud closing; serious concerns about securing safe and rehabilitative programs and services for youth remain

March 22, 2018

State Assembly proposal to borrow $350 million for new prison dies in Senate

After an Assembly proposal to borrow $350 million for a new prison in Wisconsin touched off an intense reaction from a coalition of more than 50 organizations, led by the ACLU of Wisconsin and WISDOM, the Wisconsin Senate yesterday refused to pass Senate Bill 54, which would have funded the con

March 21, 2018

Community Groups say New Prison is Not Needed

The Wisconsin State Assembly proposed a $350 million plan to build a new prison. The following is a joint statement from the ACLU of Wisconsin, African-American Civic Engagement Roundtable, Black Leaders Organizing for Communities (BLOC), Black Lives Matter to Wisconsin Unitarian Universalis

February 22, 2018