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Izabela Zaluska joined the Center as an investigative reporting intern in May 2019. She has formerly worked at The Badger Herald and UW-Madison’s Global Health Institute. She will receive her undergraduate degree from UW-Madison in August in journalism and a certificate in criminal justice.
Gov. Tony Evers’ decriminalization proposal focuses on decreasing racial disparities in arrests; experts point to policing practices as the main issue.
The Democrat’s goal to reduce incarceration by 50 percent faces numerous hurdles; his own 2019-21 budget proposal calls for increasing prison beds.
Supervision time in Wisconsin is third-longest in the U.S., meaning more chances for revocations and increased prison populations.