When people commit certain crimes or pose an extreme danger to others, most agree, they need to be locked up.
A solitary confinement cell in the older part of the Dane County Jail.
A Dane County sheriff's deputy checks cells in the county jail in 2018.
Dr. Julie Poehlmann-Tynan
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Inmates share a group cell at the Dane County Jail facility in the Public Safety Building. The housing is less restrictive and safer than older cells on the seventh and eight floor of the City-County Building.
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Dane County Sheriff's Office Lt. Kurt Pierce in the jail's "sensory room" in the jail’s special needs pod. The room features a mural, rocking chair and music offering inmates a respite from other inmates.
