WISDOM Solitary Confinement Task Force Conference Call

Call:  712-432-1601 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.

WISDOM Prison Prevention Task Force Conference Call

Call: 712-432- 1601 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 […]

Public Protection & Judiciary Meeting – Hunt & Mead Report

City-County Building, Room 351 210 Martin Luther King Blvd, Madison, WI, United States

This particular meeting is important for MOSES because the Hunt & Mead Report, which will include their recommendations about a new jail and associated programs, will be discussed.  The report will then be presented to the Dane County Board on June 15th.

Dane County Board Meeting – Hunt & Mead Report

City-County Building, Room 201 210 Martin Luther King Blvd, Madison, WI, United States

This particular Dane County Board Meeting is important for MOSES because the Hunt & Mead Report, which will include their recommendations about a new jail and associated programs, will be discussed.

Juneteenth

Madison Labor Temple 1602 South Park Street, Madison, WI, United States

Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. MOSES will have an information table at this annual event.

WISDOM Post-release Task Force Conference Call

Call:  (712) 432- 1601 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 […]

Monthly Meeting

James Reeb Unitarian Universalist 2146 East Johnson Street, Madison, WI, United States

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, wherein we reconnect and reenergize around the issues about which we care so much. 9:30  Coffee and Fellowship 10:00 Meeting

WISDOM Old Law Task Force Conference Call

Call:  712-432-1601 Use Code: 423950 Join this call to discuss advocacy efforts for incarcerated people trapped within the changes of the “old” sentencing and parole laws.

Breakfast-2-Go Fundraiser

Grace Episcopal Church 116 W Washington Ave, Madison, WI, United States

Come to this fundraiser to support MOSES and learn more about our efforts to create a more just community. Pick up Coffee and homemade muffins baked by Carmella Jackson of Melly Mel's Catering.  

WISDOM Solitary Confinement Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) 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.

WISDOM Prison Prevention Task Force Conference Call

Call:  605-468-8012 (NEW) 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 […]

Mass Imprisonment in America

First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, WI, United States

Mr. Mihara will present on his own experiences at Heart Mountain Relocation Camp, why only Japenese Americans were imprisoned, and what life was like for them both in camps around the country and upon returning home. He will also touch on today's prison camps for refugees and the potential for registration of Muslim Americans. Mr. […]

MOSES Justice System Reform Initiative (MJSR) – Diversions Focus Area

Sequoya Library 4340 Tokay Blvd, Madison, WI, United States

Join us for one of several focus areas within MOSES' Justice System Reform Initiative. The purpose of this event is: to review and advocate for implementation of county workgroup recommendations to keep people out of the criminal justice system, to attend CJC meetings in order to track developments related to implementation of the diversion recommendations, to testify for […]

Forum on the Dane County Jail

Fitchburg Community Center 5510 Lacy Rd, Fitchburg, WI, United States

Hosted by Jenni Dye, Dane County Supervisor Join Dane County Supervisors Jenni Dye, George Gillis, Dorothy Krause, Paul Rusk, and Shelia Stubbs and Dane County Sheriff Dave Mahoney for a forum to discuss plans for the Dane County Jail. In June, the county received the last of three potential options for renovating the county's jail […]

MOSES Justice System Reform Initiative

Madison Police Station South District 825 Hughes Place, Madison, WI, United States

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 […]

Movie Screening of Documentary: 13th

Overture Center 201 State Street, Madison, WI, United States

PROMENADE HALL: FREE A free, public screening of the Oscar-nominated documentary 13TH, examining the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation’s history of racial inequality. Justified Art! and GSAFE present a free, public screening of the acclaimed documentary 13TH by director Ava DuVernay. Centered on race in the United States […]

Faces of Incarceration – Playhouse Gallery Reception

Overture Center 201 State Street, Madison, WI, United States

PLAYHOUSE GALLERY: FREE These portraits honor and humanize the people impacted by Wisconsin’s flawed criminal justice system. Artists of the Atwood Atelier and project creator Pat Dillon collaborate in these stories and portraits painted from life. Faces of Incarceration aims to contribute to current conversations about race, justice, and inequity. At 8 PM on the […]

Dane County Criminal Justice Council Meeting

City-County Building, Room 351 210 Martin Luther King Blvd, Madison, WI, United States

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.  

MOSES Leadership Board Meeting

First Unitarian Society 900 University Bay Dr, Madison, WI, United States

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 Independent Caucus. Other members may attend as non-voting observers, as space permits.