On this episode of Rewind, Emilee and JR discuss a new site on Milwaukee's northwest side being selected to replace Lincoln Hills. This makes Wisconsin one step closer to shutting down the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons, an effort going back to the Scott Walker administration. T…
Nearly 30 years after the tough-on-crime movement of the early 1990s led the federal government to cut off access to Pell grants for prisoners seeking higher education, access has been restored.
Robert Taliaferro, who was a part of UW-Madison's Odyssey Beyond Bars program shortly before Gov. Tony Evers granted him parole, said having access to education while incarcerated made him want to pursue more education after release. During his sentence, Taliaferro had been transferred to a Minnesota correctional facility, where he nearly completed a bachelor's degree at Metro State University in Minnesota before being moved back to Wisconsin.
Robert Taliaferro, who was a part of UW-Madison's Odyssey Beyond Bars program shortly before Gov. Tony Evers granted him parole, said having access to education while incarcerated made him want to pursue more education after release. During his sentence, Taliaferro had been transferred to a Minnesota correctional facility, where he nearly completed a bachelor's degree at Metro State University in Minnesota before being moved back to Wisconsin.
