web01.fireside.fm Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:59:20 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Wisconsin Watch - Episodes Tagged with “Prison” https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/tags/prison Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:30:00 -0500 The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! en-us episodic From the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism Wisconsin Watch The Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that reports on government accountability and quality of life issues, like education, the economy and the environment. It’s more important to us to get the story right than it is to be first and we believe in collaborating, not competing, with other news outlets. Not only can you find our stories on WisconsinWatch.org, but we give all of our reports away for free to hundreds of other news organizations. We are excited to start sharing our reports in audio form and you can find them wherever you get your podcasts! no Wisconsin, news, investigative Wisconsin Watch info@wisconsinwatch.org 10 guards, 900 inmates: Wisconsin prisons see dire results of ignored warnings https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/wisconsin-prisons-lockdowns-inmates-correctional-institutions-guards 0a5315e4-cc07-4925-9e8d-43d49957b1f5 Mon, 12 Feb 2024 13:30:00 -0500 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch An extreme shortage of guards at Wisconsin’s prisons slowed basic operations to a crawl. Inmates escaped, prisons locked down and conditions deteriorated. 15:55 no An extreme shortage of guards at Wisconsin’s prisons slowed basic operations to a crawl. Inmates escaped, prisons locked down and conditions deteriorated. By New York Times Local Investigations Fellow and Wisconsin Watch reporter Mario Koran and Justin Mayo of Big Local News. Originally published on Feb. 2, 2024. Wisconsin, news, prison, Waupun Correctional Institution, Wisconsin Watch An extreme shortage of guards at Wisconsin’s prisons slowed basic operations to a crawl. Inmates escaped, prisons locked down and conditions deteriorated. By New York Times Local Investigations Fellow and Wisconsin Watch reporter Mario Koran and Justin Mayo of Big Local News. Originally published on Feb. 2, 2024.

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]]> ‘He shouldn’t have had to die’: COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate https://wisconsinwatch.fireside.fm/he shouldn't have had to die ec75d979-93e8-43d0-b4ca-e8525389acdd Mon, 29 Mar 2021 12:00:00 -0400 Wisconsin Watch full Wisconsin Watch Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced. 29:49 no The coronavirus has run rampant across Wisconsin’s state prison system, infecting at least 2,153 staff members at adult institutions who self-reported test results and 10,786 inmates throughout the pandemic — more than half of the current population. These outbreaks have killed at least 25 inmates, according to Wisconsin Deparment of Corrections data. The state has detected infections among inmates at a rate more than five times higher than in the Wisconsin general population. Advocates are concerned that prisons aren't equipped to prevent the coronavirus from spreading. Reporting by Vanessa Swales. Originally published on Feb. 13, 2021. Wisconsin, COVID-19, coronavirus, prison, law enforcement The coronavirus has run rampant across Wisconsin’s state prison system, infecting at least 2,153 staff members at adult institutions who self-reported test results and 10,786 inmates throughout the pandemic — more than half of the current population. These outbreaks have killed at least 25 inmates, according to Wisconsin Deparment of Corrections data. The state has detected infections among inmates at a rate more than five times higher than in the Wisconsin general population. Advocates are concerned that prisons aren't equipped to prevent the coronavirus from spreading.

Reporting by Vanessa Swales. Originally published on Feb. 13, 2021.

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]]> The coronavirus has run rampant across Wisconsin’s state prison system, infecting at least 2,153 staff members at adult institutions who self-reported test results and 10,786 inmates throughout the pandemic — more than half of the current population. These outbreaks have killed at least 25 inmates, according to Wisconsin Deparment of Corrections data. The state has detected infections among inmates at a rate more than five times higher than in the Wisconsin general population. Advocates are concerned that prisons aren't equipped to prevent the coronavirus from spreading.

Reporting by Vanessa Swales. Originally published on Feb. 13, 2021.

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