For immediate release: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 Contact: Morgan Grogan, morgan.grogan@berlinrosen.com, 512-913-8875 Youth Justice Milwaukee Hosts Successful Roundtable with Elected Leaders on Youth Justice Reform In a roundtable with local officials, Youth Justice Milwaukee shared vision for investing in youth,…
WI Senate Must Improve Youth Prisons Bill (AB 953/SB 807) Issue: Last week, the Wisconsin Assembly unanimously passed a bill to close the notoriously horrific Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake prisons without investing in community alternatives. The bill invests over 65 million dollars…
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, January 9, 2018 by Jeff Roman and Sharlen Moore Whatever his real motivations are for proposing to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in his fiscal year 2019 budget, Gov. Scott Walker has finally come around to…
The Closure of Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake is Not Enough Join Youth Justice Milwaukee for a Community Conversation on ensuring community investment and public safety in the proposed legislation to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake. March 1, 2018 …
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 21, 2018 Contact: Morgan W. Grogan, morgan.williams@berlinrosen.com, 202-836-9890 MILWAUKEE – Youth Justice Milwaukee co-founders Sharlen Moore and Jeffery Roman released the following statement after the Wisconsin State Assembly passed a bill that would close the terrible…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 4, 2018 Contact: Morgan W. Grogan, morgan.williams@berlinrosen.com, 202-836-9890 Youth Justice Milwaukee co-founders Jeffery Roman and Sharlen Moore released the following statement in response to the news that Governor Scott Walker plans to close Lincoln Hills and…
For years, the state of Wisconsin has failed to protect some of our most vulnerable youth while they are incarcerated at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons. It's time to take a stand! Sign our petition today! https://www.change.org/p/scott-walker-bring-our-youth-home-close-lincoln-hills-and-copper-lake-now
ACTION ALERT! Oppose AB 90 and AB 87 On Tuesday, May 30th The Wisconsin Assembly, Committee on Corrections will take a vote on two harmful bills that decrease public safety, put young people in danger and increase costs to taxpayers.…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 6, 2017 CONTACT: Ianthe Metzger| Ianthe.Metzger@berlinrosen.org | 202-800-8169 MILWAUKEE – Today, in response to the increasing calls to reform the juvenile justice system in Milwaukee, Youth Justice Milwaukee (YJM), a coalition of community organizations, youth advocates…
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel By Jeff Roman and Sharlen Moore February 16, 2017 “I felt like my son was a caged dog, not a child or a man.” That’s how a mother described her son’s experience at Lincoln Hills School for Boys. Sadly,…