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Wisconsin Justice & Reentry

Wisconsin Justice & Reentry is Andrew Drasen's essay series on the state's justice machine as a whole. Prisons and reentry matter. So do agents, cops, prosecutors, public defenders, courts, laws, and lawmakers. Written from lived experience without slogan politics, and aimed at mapping the gears so Wisconsin can change what grinds people up.

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  1. Part 2

    The Bottleneck of Bureaucracy: How Wisconsin Moves the Prison Pressure Around

    Wisconsin's prison count fell when courts slowed, then climbed back toward its old peak. Here is how overcrowding, contract beds, and program scarcity move through the same machine.

  2. Part 3

    A Reentry Story: Part 1 - Coming Home After Ten Years

    Andrew picks up his friend PG at Racine Correctional Institution after a ten-year sentence. Release clothes, Denny's, a phone, and the difference between support and rescue on day one.

  3. Part 4

    How DAI Scores You Into Max, Medium, and Minimum

    Wisconsin DAI classifies people with a point-based custody instrument. Age, a ten-year record, and the current felony add up before a job ever gets a chance to knock one off.

  4. Part 5

    Flock Cameras in Wisconsin: Who Votes, Who Pays, and What's Coming Next

    Flock Safety cameras are spreading across Wisconsin towns while councils, sheriffs, and residents fight over who approves them, what they record, and where AI search goes next.

  5. Part 6

    Wisconsin Program Waitlists and Short Sentences

    What a Wisconsin DOC programming waitlist actually means when the sentence is short, work release never pays, and the unmet need follows the person into a heavy community calendar.

  6. Part 9

    Truth in Sentencing and Losing Street Time in Wisconsin

    Under Wisconsin Truth in Sentencing, years on extended supervision do not shrink the prison time you can be sent back for. How revocation math works.

  7. Wisconsin Justice System Definitions

    Plain definitions for Wisconsin justice terms people mix up: charge and conviction, jail and prison, probation and extended supervision, and revocation.