Abusive Staff… Freedom’s Cause #30 – December 13, 2020 CORONAVIRUS UPDATES As of Friday, December 11, the count of active positive cases among incarcerated persons stands at 1,039 (down slightly from 1,909 three weeks ago). 2,192 persons are in…
COVID-19… Freedom’s Cause #26 – October 11, 2020 CORONAVIRUS UPDATES As of Friday, October 9, the count of active positive cases among incarcerated persons stands at 969 (up from 184 two weeks ago). 1,875 persons are in quarantine…
Columbia CI… Freedom’s Cause # 8 – Jan. 13, 2020 PAY CUT? We have received this report from an inside contact: ‘There is no specific policy. It is state- wide. It’s called an inmate work force audit. The guys in…
Campaigns… Call to Support 3/26/19 Hunger Strike Against Solitary Confinement Background Please take two minutes to call to support the people on the inside on hunger strike against solitary confinement. To read their demands go here: https://wisconsinprisonvoices.org/organizing-inside/3-26-19-hunger-strike-demands/ To learn more…
Campaigns… 3/26/19 Hunger Strike Demands On March 26, 2019, 9 people at Racine and Columbia Correctional Institutions in the Wisconsin prison system began a hunger strike against solitary confinement. Cordiaral West #445074 CCI Rory Kuenzi…
Hunger Strike… Waupun: “Prisoners languish alone, in a cramped, small concrete cell, for 23 to 24 hours a day….” [12/29/17] A 12/29/17 letter was sent by a prisoner at Waupun Correctional. It announced a planned hunger strike of 11 people starting 1/2/18, defying abusive conditions in restrictive housing unit at…
Hunger Strike… Waupun: “The hunger striking patterns are as follows…” [8/31/18] Excerpt from letter by a prisoner at Waupun, sent 8/31/18: "The hunger striking patterns are as follows. With me, that was the only time I did it, due to the…
Hunger Strike… “I’d like to start organizing with y’all anotehr hunger strike…” [4/30/18] Excerpt from letter sent by a prisoner on 4/30/18: "I think that website you are developing is a great idea. I will start spreading the word in here. Please do…
Green Bay CI… Open Records #5: DOC Security Threat Groups Meeting Notes 12/2/16 This is the response to an open records request we made of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. We obtained notes from the 12/6/16 meeting of the DOC's Security Threat Groups…
Hunger Strike… Waupun: “They Don’t Even Monitor Hunger Strikes” [10/11/18] Information from two recent letters by different prisoners at Waupun Correctional Institution. On 10-10-18, one person responded to our question, saying: “In Waupun they don’t even monitor hunger strikes in General…
