A new article by Professors Keith A. Findley and Louise G. Trubek highlights the unique strengths of the clinical legal education program at the University of Wisconsin Law School. The article is entitled Clinics at …
Prisons
New Budget changes Sentencing Practices in WI
From The Third Branch (newsletter of the Wisconsin Court System): The new state budget, 2009 Act 28, includes changes in sentencing practices that go well beyond the early release provisions that received most of the …
Costs of Imprisonment Far Exceed Supervision Costs
From the U.S. Courts Web site: The daily cost of keeping someone imprisoned in a federal Bureau of Prisons facility was $70.75 in fiscal year 2008, and $65.25 in a community correction center. By comparison, …