Freedom's Cause… Freedom’s Cause # 10 – Feb. 10, 2020 14 Jun 202014 Jun 2020 PAY CUT? This message from Dodge CI: ‘Here at Dodge I have not heard ANY rumors about the DOC lowering inmates pay. They do conduct periodic audits or reviews of…
Freedom's Cause… Freedom’s Cause # 9 – Jan. 27, 2020 14 Jun 202014 Jun 2020 DEATHS IN CCI IWOC-Milwaukee has received and verified information from inside contacts that an incarcerated person committed suicide in front of 30 people at Columbia CI on January 15. Another…
Columbia CI… Freedom’s Cause # 7 – Dec. 23, 2019 14 Jun 202014 Jun 2020 CCI UPDATE An incarcerated person at Columbia Correctional Institution reported that recreation was restored on December 16. Recreation periods have been reduced, however, from six to three per week. In…
Prison Labor… Waupun: “Pride For Sale” 16 Jun 201916 Jun 2019 Letter from someone previously incarcerated at Waupun Correctional Institution and describing labor conditions there, name provided to public posting by the author: "6/10/2019 CHARLES DOWNING (99690) Pride for Sale. by…
Abuse… Red Granite: “If you put in a complaint form, often that leads to them searching your cell a lot more…” [3/12/18] 28 Oct 201828 Oct 2018 On 3/12/18, someone previously incarcerated at Red Granite Correctional Institution was interviewed by an IWOC member. The following information comes from this interview: "PRC, that determines movement between different prisons,…
Kettle Moraine CI… Kettle Moraine: “With the cuts in pay prisoners receive from $4 up to $20 dollars every two weeks…” [4/23/18] 28 Oct 2018 Excerpt from 4/23/18 letter by a prisoner at Kettle Moraine Correctional: "In most institutions prisoners are allowed to wash their personal clothes for free, however at Kettle Moraine they still…
Organizing Inside… Waupun: “”I’d like to try to organize a worker’s strike….” [6-25-18] 27 Oct 2018 Excerpt from letter by a prisoner at Waupun sent 6/25/18: "I'd like to try to organize a worker's strike. If we refused to work and made the guards do it…
Canteen… Racine: “The rock unit is still without adequate heat…” [2/8/18] 27 Oct 201816 Nov 2018 Excerpt from a letter sent by a prisoner from Racine Correctional on 2/8/18: “The biggest issue here is the rock unit is still without adequate heat. Everyone’s family called Madison…
Cathy Jess… Racine: “These mattresses are not only dirty but extremely unsanitary…” [7/16/18] 27 Oct 201816 Nov 2018 Excerpts from a letter sent 7/16/18 from a prisoner at Racine Correctional: "I made 20 copies of the submission form form for the newsletter and handed them out to people.…
Corruption… Dodge: “Using half spoiled food, just for a pay bonus” [9/6/18] 27 Oct 201821 Mar 2020 Excerpt from a letter received by a prisoner 9/6/18, concerning conditions at Dodge Correctional: "You must work at DCI to stay there. Because of this, they feel as if they…