Abuse… Columbia: “I recommend that when you’ll have the Columbia Campaign that it also address this new SHU construction….”[9/12/18] Exert from a letter sent 9/12/18 by a prisoner at Columbia Correctional: "The construction of this new supermax unit is being conducted now. I've gotten one report from a staff…
Abuse… Sand Ridge: “Nobody knows about this place….” [9/12/18] Excerpt from a 9/12/18 letter sent by a prisoner at Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Center: "Nobody knows about this place. Razor wire and a electric fence here in Juneau county.…
Abusive Staff… Columbia: “Its like an old fashioned sweatbox…” [8/6/18] Excerpt form an 8/6/18 letter by a prisoner in solitary confinement at Columbia Correctional: “Let me tell you a little about CCI seg. Well Warden Dittman came up with a…
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…
Abuse… Waupun: “Segregation is where you see the most corrupt officers exercise their criminal behaviors….”[1/10/18] Excerpt from a letter sent by a prisoner at Waupun Correctional on 1/10/18: “Segregation is where you see the most corrupt officers exercise their criminal behaviors. They perpetuate the most…
Gang Task Force… Waupun: “There is specific targeting of inmates by the gang task force in this prison…” [7/31/18] Excerpts from a letter sent by a prisoner at Waupun Correctional on 7/31/18. Content warning, guard harassment, suicide "The complaint examiner I have--James Muenchow--never overturns anything it seems. Out…
Corruption… Racine: “People went without mental health meds for two weeks at a time…” [3/12/18] Information on conditions at Racine Correctional, obtained through a 3/12/18 interview with a person formerly incarcerated there: “When I was in the Dane unit they had hot water out for…
Cathy Jess… Racine: “These mattresses are not only dirty but extremely unsanitary…” [7/16/18] 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.…
Abuse… Columbia: “We just came off lockdown…” [10-6-18] Excerpt from 10-6-18 letter by prisoner at Columbia Correctional Institution "We just came off lockdown. We were on it from September 17th until October 3rd. It was a very strange…
Campaigns… 10/17/18 sample script for email zap, Columbia security director There have been escalating abuses at Columbia Correctional Institution, the prison in Portage, WI, including destructive solitary confinement, inadequate medical care and guards ignoring prisoners' self-harm. To see details on…
