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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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Part 1
Pillar guide
Wisconsin’s Prison, Reentry, and Supervision Machine
An honest look at Wisconsin’s justice machine from someone who lived it: prisons, reentry, supervision, agents, cops, lawyers, PDs, laws, and lawmakers.
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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.