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Read More »COVID rate in Wisconsin prisons 5 times higher than state
Calvin Johnson spent his final weeks at Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution wracked in pandemic anxiety, a former cellmate recalled. He closely tracked COVID-19's spread in and outside of the medium-security state prison — eyeing infection counts in surrounding Crawford County and across Wisconsin.
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Read More »Prisons have highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases
Wisconsin prisons have experienced the highest single-day spike in coronavirus cases since the pandemic began.
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Read More »Supporters, opponents argue racial preconceptions skew pretrial assessments
As calls for racial justice intensify throughout the country, so have efforts to reform aspects of the criminal justice system, including pretrial-detention practices that keep hundreds of thousands of legally innocent people behind bars.
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Read More »Police shooting spotlights police spending in Wisconsin
When the sun rose on Kenosha on Aug. 26, former Marine Tim Thompkins said his hometown felt like a battlefield. Smoke lingered in the air from buildings and cars set ablaze the night before. Empty tear gas canisters and pepper bullets littered the streets. Homes were boarded up, and businesses ravaged.
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Read More »Evers faces tough sell on prison reform with GOP lawmakers
Gov.-elect Tony Evers has some big ideas about how to reform Wisconsin's overcrowded prison system.
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Read More »Report: Record number of adults in Wisconsin prisons
A new report shows the number of adults in Wisconsin prisons reached a record high last year.
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Read More »Walker says he has no ‘knowledge’ of prison report
Gov. Scott Walker says he doesn't "have any knowledge" about whether his administration stopped former Corrections Secretary Ed Wall from seeking an outside review of Wisconsin's troubled juvenile prisons in 2015.
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Read More »Walker administration canceled request for prison investigation
A television station is reporting that Gov. Scott Walker's administration told former prisons Secretary Ed Wall to cancel his request for a prison-administrator association to investigate abuse at Wisconsin's youth prison.
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Read More »State’s juvenile prisons struggle to change course
Pandora Lobacz was trying to assert control of her classroom at Lincoln Hills youth prison when she ordered an inmate pacing in front of her desk to return to his seat.
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Read More »Committee OKs bills sending more kids to troubled prison
The Assembly Corrections Committee has approved two Republican bills that could send more kids to Wisconsin's troubled youth prison for longer stints.
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Read More »Tougher sentencing has prison population edging toward new record
Wisconsin's prisons are on track for a record number of inmates by 2019 as violent crime edges upward.
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Read More »Democrat introduces bills in wake of youth prison probe
A Democratic state senator has crafted a package of bills he says are designed to increase safety at Wisconsin prisons in the wake of an investigation into alleged abuse at the state's juvenile prison.
Read More »Committee votes to cut 60 prison guard positions
Sixty tower guard positions in 10 Wisconsin prisons would be eliminated under a vote by the Legislature's budget committee.
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Read More »Budget committee approves more spending for prison beds
The Legislature's budget committee has approved spending an additional $5 million above previous estimates to pay for housing inmates in the state prison system.
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Read More »Lawmakers set to deal with growing female prison population
The Legislature's finance committee is set to decide this week how to handle the state's growing number of women prisoners after forecasts show the population likely will grow faster than Gov. Scott Walker anticipated in his budget proposal.
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Read More »Poll: Prisons struggling with inmate rehab
Wisconsin's criminal justice system is doing an average job, at best, at rehabilitating prisoners, according to most voters who responded to a recent Marquette University Law School poll.
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Read More »Looking for answers on overcrowded prisons
Some ex-offenders here report to federal court twice a month so that judges can gauge their progress, from drug testing and parenting classes to education and job training.
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Read More »Constitutional Law – prisons — due process
10-2957 Westefer v. Neal
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Read More »Constitutional Law — First Amendment — prisons
11-1532 Munson v. Gaetz
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Read More »Constitutional Law – prisons — free exercise clause
Civil Rights – prisons — duty to protect
11-2336 Shields v. Dart
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Read More »Constitutional Law – First Amendment – retaliation – prisons
10-3497 Greene v. Doruff
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Read More »10-2012 Ortiz v. Webster
Civil Rights Prisons; medical needs; deliberate indifference
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Read More »10-1139 Maddox v. Love
Civil Rights Prisons; freedom of religion
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Read More »Volunteering could shorten Wis. jail sentences
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Brown County inmates can now get their sentences reduced by performing community service.
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Read More »2009AP473 & 2009AP1611 Richards v. Graham
Prisons Risk classification Where the PRC’s risk-rating determination is arbitrary, a prisoner’s elevation in custody classification is reversed. “[A]n inmate’s risk rating is but one consideration relevant to establishing custody classification. In this case, however, the record shows that the ...
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Read More »10-3392 Jones v. Cross
Prisons Prison discipline Specific intent is not an element in a prison disciplinary proceeding. “Jones argues that his lack of access to the evidence prevented him from presenting what he calls his actual innocence defense. As noted above, according to ...
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Read More »2010AP1834 State ex rel. Whiteside v. Boatwright, et al.
Prisons Prison discipline Ramiah Whiteside, pro se, challenges Wisconsin Department of Corrections decisions regarding an inmate conduct report. Whiteside argues: (1) the evidence was insufficient; (2) the adjustment committee failed to adequately explain its reasons for the discipline imposed; (3) ...
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