More powerful coverage of Wisconsin’s “Truth in Sentencing”

Lots more great articles to read this weekend in the on-going series by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel under the banner “Locked In: The Price Of Truth In Sentencing.” (The first set of article are linked here, and the already significant impact of the series is detailed here.) 

The third of the four main articles in the series is available hereSentinel again runs with the main series this terrific set of companion pieces:

• This article, entitled “Touched by crime, parents work to break cycle,” highlights efforts by parents to help their children escape a cycle of repeated criminality.

• This article, entitled “Survive this and get out of prison,” provides a brief account of Wisconsin’s boot camps.

• This editorial, entitled simply “Reform truth in sentencing,” sets forth a powerful and compelling list of state law reforms that the paper says should be made by Governor Jim Doyle and the Legislature to improve the state of sentencing and corrections in Wisconsin.