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Waupun Correctional Institution

Cruel and Unusual?
Talib Akbar at Wisdom

Wisconsin hunger strikers to take aim at long-term solitary confinement

By Guest Author | June 3, 2016

About a dozen Wisconsin prisoners plan to launch a hunger strike beginning next week aimed at ending a form of indefinite solitary confinement that officials use to keep order in the institutions, according to an inmate advocacy group.

Failure at the Faucet

Water tainted with lead, copper at two Wisconsin state prisons

By | April 10, 2016

The water at Fox Lake and Waupun Correctional Institutions is tainted with lead and copper. Officials say they are complying with federal standards, but some inmates and staff question whether it is safe.

Cruel and Unusual?

Maximum stints in solitary cut, but Waupun inmates left in dark

By | January 17, 2016

Waupun Correctional inmates were not notified for months that Wisconsin had dramatically cut maximum stints in solitary confinement, leading some to agree to longer-than-maximum sentences.

Cruel and Unusual?

Wisconsin joins national push to curb solitary confinement

By | August 23, 2015

Wisconsin has made a “culture shift” in its use of solitary confinement in prisons, eliminating it as punishment for minor rule infractions and cutting the time inmates spend in isolation for more serious offenses, Department of Corrections officials revealed in an interview granted as part of a legal settlement with the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.

Justice & Safety

Lawmakers want answers on abuse allegations at Waupun

By Bill Lueders | September 12, 2014

Six Democratic Wisconsin lawmakers have written the state Department of Corrections demanding action regarding allegations of abuse of inmates by guards at Waupun Correctional Institution.

Cruel and Unusual?

Faith-based state group seeks Waupun prison abuse probe

By Bill Lueders | July 29, 2014

A statewide advocacy group on Tuesday asked Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker to investigate allegations that guards at Waupun Correctional Institution have abused inmates in the prison’s segregation unit dozens of times since 2011.

Cruel and Unusual?

Wisconsin rethinks use of solitary confinement

By Bill Lueders | July 22, 2014

Part 3: Ed Wall, secretary of Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections, asked whether segregation is being used for punitive reasons, when “what we really need from segregation is for inmates to have a corrective and rehabilitative experience.”

Cruel and Unusual?

Waupun guard named repeatedly in abuse complaints

By Bill Lueders | July 21, 2014

Part 2: Of the 40 inmate allegations against prison guards, Joseph Beahm is named in 28. A dozen inmate lawsuits since 2011 accuse Beahm of physical or psychological abuse.

Justice & Safety

Advocate devotes life to aiding Wisconsin’s prisoners

By Bill Lueders | July 20, 2014

The day before a reporter came to visit, Peg Swan received six letters from Wisconsin prison inmates. Some days she gets more than that. “Three is few,” she said.

Brian Cunningham

Waupun prison guards accused of abusing dozens of inmates

By Bill Lueders | July 20, 2014

Part 1: The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism has identified 40 allegations of physical or psychological abuse by correctional officers against inmates in Waupun’s segregation unit since 2011. The allegations, involving 33 inmates, allege extreme mistreatment, including being beaten and stomped on while handcuffed behind their backs.

Justice & Safety

40 allegations of guards abusing inmates at Waupun Correctional Institution

By Bill Lueders | July 20, 2014

Allegations of incidents involving 33 inmates, compiled from records and interviews.

Government

A look at six allegations of inmate abuse at Waupun

By Bill Lueders | July 20, 2014

Brief synopses of inmate allegations of abuse by correctional officers at the segregation unit at Waupun Correctional Institution.

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