County plan looks to change ‘Alcatraz-like’ conditions of county jail

In an effort to prioritize inmate health and safety, a Dane County supervisor proposed a $4.4 million plan to make the county jail a safer place to live in. The plan, which Supervisor Paul Rusk, District 12, proposed Sept. 17, is a stop-gap measure to address some of the problems inmates and officers face at the City … Continue reading County plan looks to change ‘Alcatraz-like’ conditions of county jail