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The sister of Tyshun Lemons, who died of an accidental overdose, files a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, alleging that Lemons’ constitutional rights were violated. The ...
The Wisconsin State Prison operated a number of farms as part of its rehabilitation program for prisoners. It owned 367 acres of land in the town of Chester, 400 acres in the town of Trenton, and rented 960 acres with another 657 acres arranged to be rented by October 1, 1918. Total farm revenues reported on June 30, 1918 were $32,151.84, which ...
In 1931, construction began on a new facility, the Wisconsin Prison for Women, adjoining the Wisconsin Industrial Home. All women were transferred to this new facility. In 1945 Wisconsin Industrial Home and Wisconsin Prison for Women were combined and given the name Wisconsin Home for Women. The prison received its current name, Taycheedah ...
Nutraloaf, also known as meal loaf, prison loaf, disciplinary loaf, food loaf, lockup loaf, confinement loaf, seg loaf, grue or special management meal, [1] is food served in prisons in the United States, and formerly in Canada, [2] to inmates who have misbehaved, abused food, or have inflicted harm upon themselves or others. [3]
The company also hired James C. Poland, who had worked in the Texas prison system, where Esmor was angling for new contracts. All of these recruits positioned the company for winnings. In 1994, Slattery and his partners cashed in with an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange valued at $5.2 million.
On average, only a handful of misconduct in office and abuse of prisoner charges are filed in Wisconsin each year, a Journal Sentinel analysis found. Prison staff are rarely charged in custody deaths.
The warden and eight other staff members at a Wisconsin prison face charges in the death of two inmates in what a sheriff called a mockery of the state’s obligation and vow to take good care of ...
Soon Texas began leasing convicts to railroads, irrigation and navigation projects, and lead, copper, and iron mines. [284] Virginia's prison at Richmond collapsed in the wake of the City's 1865 surrender, but occupying Union forces rounded up as many convicts as they could in order to return them to work. [273]