A debate has ensued for months in the state Legislature over who goes to prison and how to pay for it. Republican state lawmakers lobbied for crime bill AB 805, which would allow more people to be placed back into incarceration for breaking the rules of their supervision. Democrats are pushing for bill AB 830 […]
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Rules of supervision
When the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) carries out a court-ordered prison sentence, people are not just free to go to do as they please after being released from prison or being put on probation. Following that release from prison, the second component of their sentence commences is called extended supervision. Also if a judge […]
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Revoked: The process unpacked
Sponsored column If you are one of the more than 66,000 individuals being supervised by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, you are all too familiar with what it means to have “conditional liberty” and to know that one misstep could mean weeks, months or years of your life spent in a jail or prison. The […]