COVID-19… Freedom’s Cause # 21 – July 26, 2020 10 Aug 202010 Aug 2020 July 26, 2020 HEAT WAVE IN OSCI Milwaukee IWOC organized a phone zap on Wednesday, July 22, after multiple reports of intolerable conditions in Oshkosh CI during a recent heat…
COVID-19… Freedom’s Cause # 20 – July 12, 2020 10 Aug 202010 Aug 2020 July 12, 2020 SUCCESSFUL PHONE ZAP In a previous issue of Freedom’s Cause, we reported that incarcerated litigators at Columbia CI had legal documents seized and were subjected to other…
COVID-19… Freedom’s Cause # 19 – June 21, 2020 10 Aug 202010 Aug 2020 CORONAVIRUS UPDATES As of Friday (June 19), the DOC reports that there are 6 active cases (vs. 195 two weeks ago) and 262 recovered or released cases among ‘persons in…
Abusive Staff… Fox Lake Reporter #3 10 Aug 202010 Aug 2020 Issue 3 July 2020 This issue will cover submissions we had lately. If you have something to add to the future newsletters it would be most helpful. The more…
COVID-19… Fox Lake Reporter #2 10 Aug 202010 Aug 2020 The Fox Lake Reporter Issue 2 Hello all FOX LAKE IWOC contacts! This is our second Issue of the Fox Lake Reporter!. This issue will cover submissions we had lately,…
COVID-19… Fox Lake Reporter #1 10 Aug 202010 Aug 2020 June 2020 Hello all FOX LAKE IWOC contacts! This is our First Issue of the Fox Lake Reporter!. This issue will cover submissions we had lately, but still trying to…
Abusive Staff… June 23, 2020 – Cell Phones Document Abuse on the Streets. What About Those Inside? 24 Jun 202024 Jun 2020 MILWAUKEE, WIS. – June 23, 2020 – Milwaukee IWOC (Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee) receives weekly testimonies from inside Wisconsin prisons documenting death and abuse triggered by guards’ actions or inactions,…
COVID-19… June 4, 2020 – “Precautionary” Suspension of Administrative Rules Used to Retaliate Against Prisoners 24 Jun 202024 Jun 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMILWAUKEE, WIS. – June 4, 2020 – On 5/31, Sunday, at Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI) 75 incarcerated people were chanting “Black lives matter! George Floyd-Say his name!” In…
COVID-19… May 26, 2020 – Nurse at Fox Lake Tests Positive for COVID-19 24 Jun 202024 Jun 2020 A physical therapist nurse on staff at Fox Lake Correctional Institution (FLCI) has tested positive for COVID-19. At 8 am count this morning several residents who had been in contact…
COVID-19… March 19, 2020 – Compassionate Release due to COVID-19 24 Jun 202024 Jun 2020 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Supporting ACLU, WISDOM, and other groups in their calls for effecting “compassionate release,” sending home all people expecting trial, and stopping further arrests and imprisonment in light…
