Abusive Staff… Milwaukee County Jail phone zap Call: Milwaukee County Jail (414) 226-7070 ask to speak with the security director Suggested Times: Between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM is most effective, but if you can only call later…
County Jails… Freedom’s Cause #36 – March 7, 2021 CORONAVIRUS UPDATES As of Friday, March 5, the count of active positive cases among incarcerated persons stands at 29 (down from 48 two weeks ago). 894 persons are in quarantine…
Organizing Inside Details on the Founding of IWOC: Interview Selections See interview selections here as pdf document, or read in text below. Details on the Founding of Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee (IWOC) Selections from “These Conditions Can Be Changed”: IWW…
Organizing Inside… Waupun Phone Zap: Group Resistance Charges Please take a moment to call Waupun Correctional Institution and protest phone shutdown and retaliation. Number to call: (920) 324-5571 ask for the warden, you'll be transferred to warden's secretary…
COVID-19… Freedom’s Cause # 20 – July 12, 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… June 4, 2020 – “Precautionary” Suspension of Administrative Rules Used to Retaliate Against Prisoners 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…
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 # 4 – Nov. 11, 2019 SIT-DOWN AT CCI An incarcerated person in Columbia Correctional Institution sent us this report: ‘As you were aware, Unit Manager Fink instituted a policy allowing only off-unit workers to go…
Abusive Staff… Recent resistance inside Waupun Correctional Institution Prison revolt on 5/30/20 at Waupun CI "The guards and prison administration are treating us as if this lockdown is disciplinary and not due to a worldwide pandemic. They're angry…
Federal Correctional Institution… Interview with Fernando: history of Wisconsin federal prison, 1980s Interview with Fernando Rodriguez, conducted by an Milwaukee IWOC member on 1/8/20 When were you incarcerated? In Federal prison 1975-1980, parole 1980-1987. Incarcerated 1989-92, parole 1992-2001. What were conditions like…
