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An extreme shortage of guards at Wisconsin’s prisons slowed basic operations to a crawl. Inmates escaped, prisons locked down and conditions deteriorated. ... Big Local News. February 3, 2024 at ...
Seventeen bills aimed at addressing the conditions inside Wisconsin's prisons were introduced last year, spearheaded by Rep. Darrin Madison, D-Milwaukee, and Clancy, but none came to fruition.
The Wisconsin Watch analysis does not include more than $25 million in settlements and legal fees related to allegations of abuse at Wisconsin’s only youth prison at Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake.
The suit alleges prison officials have not adequately provided proper health care to prisoners amid the ongoing lockdown, including a waiting list for dental services stretching out 18 months.
Milwaukee Women's Correctional Center (women's prison, capacity 112) McNaughton Correctional Center (capacity 102) Oregon Correctional Center (capacity 120) Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center (women's prison, capacity 333) Sanger B. Powers Correctional Center (capacity 70) St. Croix Correctional Center (capacity 120 male and 12 female)
With a “Shawshank Redemption”-style stone exterior and high castle-like guard towers, Wisconsin's oldest prison, built in the 1850s, has long been a target for closure amid concerns about ...
Wisconsin must reduce prison to ease chronic overcrowding Finally, the state must reduce the overall prison population. Our prisons, designed to hold approximately 17,600 persons, currently exceed ...
The Wisconsin Secure Program Facility (WSPF), originally the Supermax Correctional Institution, [1] is a Wisconsin Department of Corrections prison for men, located in Boscobel, Wisconsin, US. [2] [3] The facility is located east of central Boscobel, off of Wisconsin Highway 133. [1] The prison has a capacity of 500.