Dane County Board approves $148M in jail renovations after opponents shut down meeting
EMILY HAMER
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Protesters yell and chant to halt Thursday's Dane County Board meeting to vote on a plan to renovate the county's jail.
EMILY HAMER, STATE JOURNAL
Mahnker Dahnweih, a member of Freedom Inc. speaks in opposition to the plans to expand the juvenile detention center and build an eight-story tower attached to the jail.
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Linda Hoskins speaks in support of the Dane County Jail update. She was one of three speakers to do so.
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Kim Gasper-Rabuck chants along with protesters. She is standing on the Dane County Board floor, where staff told the audience they were not allowed to be multiple times.
Protesters took over a Dane County Board meeting Thursday before supervisors approved a $148 million plan to update and consolidate the county’s jails, with demonstrators chanting and yelling “our meeting,” “shut them down” and “build people, not jails.”
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne sits in silence as protesters chant, "Whose meeting? Our meeting." Ozanne had registered to speak in support of the remodel, but protesters shouted over him, telling him to, "Sit down."
Kim Gasper-Rabuck, who said her 16-year-old black son has a "bulls-eye on his back", yells out in opposition to the Dane County Jail update and consolidation. Gasper-Rabuck spoke well over her allotted time of 5 minutes, continuing to yell and slam her hands on the table after the county board turned off her mic.
Zon Moua, director of Youth Organizing a Freedom, Inc., speaks in opposition to the plan for expanding the juvenile detention center. "What young people need to be successful is not cages," she says. "Shame on you if you pass this."
Mahnker Dahnweih, a member of Freedom Inc. speaks in opposition to the plans to expand the juvenile detention center and build an eight-story tower attached to the jail.
Zon Moua, director of Youth Organizing a Freedom, Inc., speaks in opposition to the plan for expanding the juvenile detention center. "What young people need to be successful is not cages," she says. "Shame on you if you pass this."
Kim Gasper-Rabuck, who said her 16-year-old black son has a "bulls-eye on his back", yells out in opposition to the Dane County Jail update and consolidation. Gasper-Rabuck spoke well over her allotted time of 5 minutes, continuing to yell and slam her hands on the table after the county board turned off her mic.
Dane County District Attorney Ismael Ozanne sits in silence as protesters chant, "Whose meeting? Our meeting." Ozanne had registered to speak in support of the remodel, but protesters shouted over him, telling him to, "Sit down."
Kim Gasper-Rabuck chants along with protesters. She is standing on the Dane County Board floor, where staff told the audience they were not allowed to be multiple times.
