by Shirley S. Abrahamson | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
In “Visible Prisons / Invisible People” (Wisconsin People & Ideas, Summer 2011) Sister Esther Heffernan posits that “[w]e are in the middle of a crisis,” with prisons “more visible today than ever before,” but filled with a large “invisible” population. According...
by Jason Smith | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
It might surprise some of the readers of this magazine to learn that I have spent the night in jail. No, this wasn’t a field trip to look for ghosts on Alcatraz Island. Nor was my overnight stay part of one of those reality shows where someone is placed in an...
by Sister Esther Heffernan | Sep 8, 2012 | Magazine Article
We are in the middle of a crisis. Yet, many of us don’t even know it. When we give any thought to jails or prisons we tend to take them for granted as places to safely put away “bad people.” We may notice the city or county jail as we walk or drive...
by Janine Geske, Scott Straus | Sep 8, 2012 | Videos
Can victims, their families, and communities—even countries—heal after unspeakable acts of violence? In this Academy Evenings “Talk to Me” series of discussions, Janine Geske, a Distinguished Professor of Law at Marquette University and former Wisconsin...
