Wisconsin Is Quietly Rewriting Who Gets a Second Chance — And Milwaukee Should Be Watching Closely

Gov. Tony Evers has revived a commutation process that sat dormant for two decades, reopening a path out of Wisconsin’s overcrowded prisons that disproportionately affects Black Milwaukeeans — while the Legislature and this fall’s governor’s race will decide whether the door stays open.
The Reentry Program Working Better Than Government’s – And It Meets in a Sanctuary

A national network of Black churches is scaling its reentry ministry from 50 congregations to 250, betting that faith communities — not just government programs — are the missing infrastructure for people coming home from incarceration. Marcus Hart on why that bet is right.