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Join us at The Demeter Foundation Event September 20, 2108
"Serving The Sentence Together: Mass Incarceration and the Family" TDF cordially invites you to a dynamic evening of community education and discussion in Madison, Wisconsin. The evening highlights The Demeter Foundation’s work supporting incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women in Wisconsin.
This event includes Wisconsin’s premiere screening of “Faces of Mass Incarceration” by The International Prisoner Family Conference and Metamora Films. After the film there will be a panel discussion with impactful speakers and advocates including a formerly incarcerated woman and her mother and a formerly incarcerated mother and her daughter. All of the details can be found here. 
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Advocates Argue That Crowding at Wisconsin Women's Prison Means Less Programs For InmatesBy Lisa Speckhard Pasque, Capital Times
When Jessica was incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution from 2009 to 2013, the prison's population of around 700 felt crowded. But today, with a population of 963, she “can’t even imagine where they’re putting all those people,” she said. Read the entire story here. 
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