One of the critical elements of a strong DMC initiative is ensuring that information about disparities is avaialable. The Haywood Burns Institute, the leading resource on reducing DMC, has just created and made available an interactive state-by-state map that displays critical DMC data – at this point the site relies on data reported by the core DMC reduction sites (Rock, Dane, Milwaukee, Brown, Kenosha, and Racine counties) through 2007. The creative construction of the site allows you to access raw data related to the various system decision-making points as well as utilizing concepts from the relative rate index to track each point relative to the preceding one.
Testimony: End Juvenile Life Without Parole in Wisconsin
Kids Forward supports SB801/AB845, which would eliminate juvenile life without parole. This critical advancement towards a more developmentally appropriate juvenile justice system will reduce and repair harm, decrease racial disparities, increase child and family wellbeing, and increase opportunities for community-based alternatives to incarceration.