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  • A national forewarning: Wisconsin's high absentee volume and ballot errors

    Wisconsin officials are using lessons from the failures of the April 2020 primary, where many mail-in ballots were rejected based on technicalities such as missing a witness signature or address, to make changes in the general election. Since the law doesn’t require officials to notify voters so they can fix the mistakes, they adapted a computer system to process absentee ballot applications so clerks have more time to focus on other voting related issues and they will use barcodes to track ballots. But issues such as missing signatures or addresses will still lead to rejected ballots without recourse.

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  • A tale of two states: Wisconsin trails Colorado as both cut solitary confinement

    Solitary confinement has long been shown to exacerbate mental health problems and is considered to be inhumane for long periods of time. Colorado is taking steps to reduce the amount of time prisoners spend in isolation, and Wisconsin is looking to do the same.

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  • What role did trauma-informed care play in alleged juvenile prison abuse?

    To reduce violence and aggreesion trauma-informed care become the new standard in Wisconsin for juvenile corrections. However, at the two highlighted facillities there has been greater violence and an investigation of abuse, but supporters still contend that when trauma-informed care is implemented correctly it is successful.

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  • Focus on traumatic childhood helps victims heal and succeed

    Adults who never heal from their traumatic childhoods often become perpetrators of the same violence they experienced. State departments across the US are adopting trauma-informed care, an approach that helps people overcome negative childhood experiences.

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  • A day in trauma-informed court: Parents work to regain custody of their kids

    In a regular court it is very difficult for a person with a history of drug abuse to regain custody of their children. The state of Wisconsin is promoting trauma-informed drug courts which offer participants the chance to get their children back if they pass a strict rehab program.

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