Abusive Staff… Freedom’s Cause #34 – February 7, 2021 CORONAVIRUS UPDATES As of Friday, February 6, the count of active positive cases among incarcerated persons stands at 45 (down from 172 two weeks ago). 941 persons are in quarantine…
Abusive Staff… June 23, 2020 – Cell Phones Document Abuse on the Streets. What About Those Inside? 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,…
Abusive Staff… Petition from Prisoners at Stanley for “drastic and immediate changes” First, let me thank you for being a trusted source and outlet for those of us who have no voice or who have been silenced for so long. That silence…
Columbia CI… Freedom’s Cause # 14 – Apr. 12, 2020 CORONAVIRUS UPDATES As of Friday afternoon (April 10), nine prison employees and five inmates in Wisconsin have tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Corrections Department. Of the approximately 23,000…
Campaigns… Phone Zap: Fight phone restrictions in the Wisconsin prison system Please take a moment to help today, January 22, to help with a mass phone zap against Makda Fessahaye, the head of the Wisconsin prison system's Division of Adult Institutions. (DAI),…
Organizing Inside… Stanley: “The activists are sorely needed…” (12/17/19) Received 12-17-19 from Stanley Correctional: "Many many other Stanley inmates have tried unsuccessfully to fight the multiple co-pay Stanley H.S.U charges. Stanley H.S.U. prescribes acetaminophen for everything regardless of if…
Health Services… Stanley: “HSU is covering up gross negligence…” [12/21/17] Excerpt from a letter by a prisoner at Stanley Correctional, sent 12/21/17: “It was determined previously by S.C.I. HSU that alternative shoes were necessary along with AFO braces that caused…
Health Services… Stanley: “A prisoner committed suicide on Sep 21st” [9-28-18] Excerpt from 9-28-18 letter by prisoner at Stanley Correctional Institution, describing recent suicide at Stanley. "Something occurred I think you should know about. A prisoner committed suicide in Stanley on…
Corruption… Prison officers don’t want prisoners to think. Submission from fellow worker Christopher Shingleton at Stanley Correctional. The above was published in Issue 5 of Voices from Beyond Wisconsin Prison Gates, published in Summer 2018. The rest of the…
