A Wisconsin judge ruled against the state prison system on Thursday, saying its COVID-19 visitor policy that barred Catholic clergy from meeting with inmates for more than a year violated state law and the state constitution's guarantee of religious freedom.
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Emily Hamer's favorite stories of 2021 include coverage of Afghan refugees, criminal justice
Criminal justice and county government reporter Emily Hamer is most proud of her coverage of the arrival of roughly 13,000 Afghan refugees at a military base in Wisconsin.Â
Earlier this year, she also exposed concerning conditions within the state prison system during COVID-19 outbreaks last fall, including that some prisoners were put in the same cells as those who were exposed to the virus. She also explored the lasting mark the pandemic has left on the criminal justice system.Â
Young Afghan women in Wisconsin share hopes and fears after a treacherous escape from Afghanistan, where they would have had "no rights, no ed…
Guards and inmates tell of frustrations with how Kettle Moraine prison handled a COVID-19 outbreak that exploded to more than 870 cases.Â
"There are many people who don’t have anything to wear, anything to eat," one Afghan woman said of the conditions at Fort McCoy in September.Â
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the entire criminal justice system, leading to system-wide reform. But are the changes sustainable?
"Two of them have a big hole," Baber Shah Dorani said of his teeth. But the young Afghan man couldn't see the dentist for weeks in October.Â
Young Afghan women in Wisconsin share hopes and fears after a treacherous escape from Afghanistan, where they would have had "no rights, no ed…
Guards and inmates tell of frustrations with how Kettle Moraine prison handled a COVID-19 outbreak that exploded to more than 870 cases.Â
"There are many people who don’t have anything to wear, anything to eat," one Afghan woman said of the conditions at Fort McCoy in September.Â
The COVID-19 pandemic upended the entire criminal justice system, leading to system-wide reform. But are the changes sustainable?
"Two of them have a big hole," Baber Shah Dorani said of his teeth. But the young Afghan man couldn't see the dentist for weeks in October.Â
