What's the full story on tablets and jails?

QUOTE OF THE DAY
“I am concerned when the needs of incarcerated people and their children become talking points in a political campaign. These decisions affect real families. They should be guided by evidence, safety, and what will help people return home successfully.”

– Marianne Oleson, co-executive director of Ex-Incarcerated People Organizing

Recent attack ads targeting Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, the Democratic candidate for governor, have cast aspersions on the use of tablets by people incarcerated in the Milwaukee County Jail. But the digital devices have become commonplace in jails and prisons and have been credited with reducing violence and improving communication, advocates say. Isiah Holmes reports.

We Energies has proposed a new 750-megawatt natural gas plant claiming it’s needed to meet rapidly growing electricity demand, particularly from data centers. But in a commentary, John Imes of Wisconsin Environmental Initiative says the projected demand doesn’t make new gas plants inevitable, and that Wisconsin could join other states in demanding clean energy alternatives.

A Wisconsin Democratic Party lawsuit is part of a broader response to the Trump administration’s use of taxpayer funds to pay for partisan ads, a lawyer whose organization is handling the case told reporters Monday. The suit is one of three that have been filed over the ad campaign, Erik Gunn reports.

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