Category Archives: Crime

When race is all you see, race is all you get

Posted on October 20, 2017 by

Using the ‘Prism of Equity’ we can see the Dane County Board is race cra-zee! The Derail the Jail crowd is not the only ones who can rhyme their doggerel. Justice is personified as a blindfolded lady holding a balance … Continue reading →

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Dane County Board plays identity politics, gets played by identity politics

Posted on October 19, 2017 by

Suggesting crime fills out jail, not racism, is ‘inflammatory’ I will say this for Sharon Corrigan, chairman of the Dane County Board. The lady runs a good meeting. For awhile Wednesday night, at what amounted to a public hearing on … Continue reading →

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Dane County is building a jail through a ‘racial equity lens’

Posted on October 16, 2017 by

Part #4: The myth of ‘institutional racism’ What does a progressive jail look like? Dane County is about to find out. A progressive jail would treat mental illness, avoid solitary confinement, train and educate as much as incarcerate. Fair enough. … Continue reading →

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Madison’s Left wants to ‘Derail the Jail’

Posted on October 15, 2017 by

Part #3: Even though it would be a hospital in a jail Sheriff Dave Mahoney wants to rebuild the county jail to accommodate mental health, drug and alcohol treatment, and job skill training. At $76 million, a safer jail for … Continue reading →

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Will the new jail be less safe as well as smaller? 

Posted on October 13, 2017 by

Part #2: a missed opportunity? Dane County’s Public Safety Building was always a compromise. Now, 25 years after it was designed, county officials are preparing to bake another half a loaf at a cost of $76 million. A jail with … Continue reading →

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Dane County wants to spend $76 million on a smaller, but better jail

Posted on October 12, 2017 by

Part #1: Less is more? Time to build a bigger and better county jail, right? Homicides in Madison have already set an annual record and there’s three months left in the year. Shootings are up 75%. Kids walking to their … Continue reading →

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