Please join Wisconsin Faith Voices for Justice on April 29 at 3:30 for our Interfaith March for Peace and Justice! This March, part of a nation-wide event, will celebrate the diversity and lift up the unity of our faith communities, as we affirm religious freedom and oppose all acts of violence and harassment against people […]
MOSES is a non-partisan interfaith organization that works to promote social justice with a focus on ending mass incarceration. Please join us for our monthly meeting where we reconnect and reenergize around the issues that we care so much about. 3:00 Coffee and Fellowship 3:30 Meeting
There will be a panel discussion (including our organizer, Frank Davis) regarding mass incarceration following a documentary screening of MILWAUKEE 53206. Here are details about the event hosted by Women's March WI and La Follette School of Public Affairs: WHERE: The Marquee Cinema @ Union South UW-Madison, 1308 W. Dayton St. ABOUT THE FILM MILWAUKEE 53206 […]
Call: 605-468-8012 Use code: 423950 Please join our work to greatly reduce the use of solitary confinement. More than 15 days in solitary confinement is torture. It magnifies mental health issues and destroys people. Other states and nations have learned to get by without it, we can too.
Call: 605-468-8012 Use code: 423950 The prison population in Wisconsin has more than tripled since 1990. Wisconsin has the highest black male incarceration rate in the country. Half of African American men in their 30s in Milwaukee County have been in state prison. Incarceration is expensive and comes with additional social costs. We can keep […]
Join religious leaders from congregations throughout Dane County as we mobilize and turn our words into action. Meeting will be at St. Lukes's Episcopal Church in the Jericho room. Come in through the door off the parking lot and use the stairs to get to the Jericho room on the lower level. Hope to see […]
This is MOSES' monthly Justice System Reform Initiative meeting where we discuss Advocating for a comprehensive justice system data bank Improving jail conditions for all parties at the jail Diversion methods to keep people out of the criminal justice system Establishing a restoration center for Dane County Education and experiential learning for MOSES members
Call: 605-468-8012 Use code: 423950 Join this call to discuss advocacy efforts for incarcerated people trapped within the changes of the “old” sentencing and parole laws.
The Executive Committee is the governing body of MOSES, consisting of the officers of MOSES, the Vice President(s), the immediate past President, and the Chair of the Religious Leaders Caucus, and includes the MOSES organizer serving ex officio. Other MOSES members may attend as non-voting observers, as space permits, except during closed discussion of personnel matters.
County officials discuss issues pertaining to the jail. Meetings are regularly attended by members of MOSES Jail Focus Group, which is part of the MOSES Justice System Reform Initiative, and by other members of the task force.
County officials discuss matters of concern to improve the handling of individuals charged with a crime from initial contact through final release and followup. This meeting is regularly attended by members of MOSES Diversions Focus Group, which is part of the MOSES Justice Reform Initiative.
The Leadership Board is the strategic decision-making body of MOSES, consisting of the Executive Committee and voting delegates of member congregations and of the Individuals Caucus. Other members may attend as non-voting observers, as space permits. At this meeting we will continue our strategic planning activities.
Hear the words of men and women locked in solitary confinement. Meet and talk with with survivors of solitary cofinement. Learn what is needed to put an end to the overuse of solitary cofinement in our jails and prisons. Download Event Flyer
Call: 605-468-8012 Use Code: 423951 Join this statewide call which discusses our work to: End crimeless revocations. The largest number of people entering Wisconsin prisons are actually re-entering prison. About 4,000 prison admissions each year are people who have not been convicted of a new crime. Open the doors of opportunity through Ban the Box […]
Wisconsin will be closing the Lincoln Hills juvenile detention center and dispersing residents to the counties. The Dane County Board must create a means to receive the children into our community. This will inform community members and guide the board. Discussion outcomes will be documented by MOSES and used as a basis for guiding our […]