Madison Organizing in Strength, Equity, and Solidarity
for Criminal Legal System Reform

May 9  WISDOM Prison Prevention Conference Call

May 9 WISDOM Prison Prevention Conference Call

5:00-6:00 pm

Call: 712-432- 1601

Use code 423950

The prison population in Wisconsin has more than tripled since 1990. Wisconsin has the highest black male incarceration rate in the country. Half of African American men in their 30s in Milwaukee County have been in state prison. Incarceration is expensive and comes with additional social costs. We can keep people out of prison:

Join our work to:

  • Increase funding for Treatment Alternatives and Diversions (TAD). A 2012 study showed that by fully funding the state’s Treatment Alternatives and Diversions fund, Wisconsin could keep 3,000 people per year out of the state’s prisons, and more than 27,000 from ever going to jail.
  • Reform Wisconsin’s sentencing laws. Inordinately long prison sentences do nothing to enhance safety, they are extremely costly, and they reduce the odds that the offender will be successfully re-integrated back into the community when she/he is released.
  • Keep all 17 year-olds in the juvenile system.
May 9  WISDOM Solitary Confinement Conference Call

May 9 WISDOM Solitary Confinement Conference Call

 

4:00-5:00 pm

Please join our work to greatly reduce the use of solitary confinement. More than 15 days in solitary confinement is torture. It magnifies mental health issues and destroys people. Other states and nations have learned to get by without it, we can too.

Tel:  712-432-1601

Use code: 423950

April 24: Break the Cycle: The Power of Food to Interrupt the Revolving Door of Prisons

April 24: Break the Cycle: The Power of Food to Interrupt the Revolving Door of Prisons

Monday April 24
5:00 p.m.
1106 Mechanical Engineering Building
1513 University Ave. (map)

A documentary film screening and community discussion examining the interconnections between race, mass incarceration and urban agriculture.
Cinematography & Editor: Nyal Mueenuddin
Producers: Mattie Naythons, Jamie Trapp, Katie Faryniarz, Mackenzie Marcus, and Carrie Lierl

Panelists:

  • Anthony Cooper, Sr., Nehemiah Center for Urban Leadership and Development
  • Carmella Glenn, Just Bakery, Madison Urban Ministry
  • Alfonso Morales, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
  • Robert Pierce, Neighborhood Food Solutions

Facilitator:

  • Dadit Hidayat, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies

More information: nelson.wisc.edu/events/everyones-earth