Wisconsin Watch
From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Displaying 2 items of Wisconsin Watch with the tag "prison".
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10 guards, 900 inmates: Wisconsin prisons see dire results of ignored warnings
February 12th, 2024 | 15 mins 55 secs
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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.
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‘He shouldn’t have had to die’: COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate
March 29th, 2021 | 29 mins 49 secs
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Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced.