Public pushes DOC to apply law, reduce the number of people returned to Wisconsin prisons • Wisconsin Examiner

Public pushes DOC to apply law, reduce the number of people returned to Wisconsin prisons • Wisconsin Examiner

The Waupun prison sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood (Photo | Wisconsin Examiner)Most of those speaking at the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) online public hearing on community supervision – parole, probation and extended supervision – said the system is  too rigid. Instead of helping people successfully integrate back into society, they said, the system creates a tripwire of rules that can easily be broken and result in…