Lawmakers cut a tribal liaison with prisons from the budget. Tribes say they think it would help.

Lawmakers cut a tribal liaison with prisons from the budget. Tribes say they think it would help.

At a state prison in Stanley, Wisconsin, participants in a Native American-focused group take part in traditional cultural practices. According to Ryan Greendeer, executive government relations officer with the Ho-Chunk Nation, Stanley Correctional Institution’s chaplain recently reached out to the…

Lawmakers cut a tribal liaison with prisons from the budget. Tribes say they think it would help.  • Wisconsin Examiner

Flags of the 11 Native American tribes of Wisconsin in the Wisconsin State Capitol. (Wisconsin Examiner photo)At a state prison in Stanley, Wisconsin, participants in a Native American-focused group take part in traditional cultural practices. The Wisconsin Examiner’s Criminal Justice Reporting Project shines a light on incarceration, law enforcement and criminal justice issues with support from the Public Welfare Foundation. According to Ryan G…

Tribes say a tribal liaison with prisons would help. Republican lawmakers cut it from the budget.

At a state prison in Stanley, Wisconsin, participants in a Native American-focused group take part in traditional cultural practices.  The Wisconsin Examiner’s Criminal Justice Reporting Project shines a light on incarceration, law enforcement and criminal justice issues with support from the Public Welfare Foundation. According to Ryan Greendeer, executive government relations officer with the Ho-Chunk Nation, Stanley Correctional Institution’…