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Category: Cruel and Unusual?

Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Cruel and Unusual?, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

‘He shouldn’t have had to die’: COVID-19 infects half of Wisconsin inmates, five times the overall state rate

by Vanessa Swales February 13th, 2021March 29th, 2021 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Prisoners lack space and some say rules to curb COVID-19 are unevenly enforced

Posted inCoronavirus Coverage, Cruel and Unusual?, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Inmates fear ‘the invisible enemy’ in Wisconsin’s overcrowded prisons

by Parker Schorr May 21st, 2020February 24th, 2021
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

Pay-to-stay, other fees, can put jail inmates hundreds or thousands in debt

by Izabela Zaluska September 15th, 2019February 24th, 2021
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

By the numbers: Jail incarceration fees in Wisconsin

by Izabela Zaluska September 15th, 2019September 15th, 2019
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Justice & Safety

Hard road ahead for Gov. Tony Evers’ promise to slash Wisconsin prison population

by Izabela Zaluska June 30th, 2019March 16th, 2021
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin’s high supervision rate can cause — rather than prevent — longer incarceration, studies show

by Izabela Zaluska June 30th, 2019March 16th, 2021
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin inmates report despair, little counseling in solitary confinement that can stretch on for years

by Alexandra Arriaga April 15th, 2017April 22nd, 2019
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin prison officials quietly changed mental health status of inmates in solitary, psychologist says

by Alexandra Arriaga April 15th, 2017April 19th, 2017
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Nearly 30 years in isolation: An inmate reflects on time in solitary

by Dee J. Hall April 15th, 2017June 12th, 2019
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

Judge refuses to halt force feeding of inmate in solitary confinement protest

by Dee J. Hall July 14th, 2016January 30th, 2020
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin prison officials begin force feedings as solitary confinement protest continues

by Dee J. Hall June 23rd, 2016January 30th, 2020
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

Inmate hunger strike starts; aim is to end long-term isolation

by Dee J. Hall June 13th, 2016January 30th, 2020

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