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Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

A tale of two states: Wisconsin trails Colorado as both cut solitary confinement

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin Watch June 12th, 2016February 5th, 2020 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

Colorado’s decision to curtail the use of solitary confinement — which the state of Wisconsin has begun to do — offers lessons for the Badger State that its former prisons chief, Rick Raemisch, is uniquely positioned to offer.

Talib Akbar at Wisdom
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin hunger strikers to take aim at long-term solitary confinement

by Guest Author June 3rd, 2016June 10th, 2019
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin joins national push to curb solitary confinement

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin WatchAugust 23rd, 2015August 31st, 2015
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

President Obama: Solitary confinement ‘not smart’ and ‘not going to make us safer’

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin WatchAugust 23rd, 2015August 19th, 2015
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Billionaire Charles Koch: ‘Reversing overcriminalization and mass incarceration will improve societal well-being’

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin WatchAugust 23rd, 2015August 19th, 2015
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Making friends with a fly: One man’s story of solitary confinement

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin WatchAugust 23rd, 2015August 19th, 2015
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

From ‘isolation panic’ to ‘social death’: Going crazy in solitary

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin WatchAugust 23rd, 2015August 19th, 2015
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin prison system revamps disciplinary rules

by Bill Lueders December 10th, 2014July 29th, 2016
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

Lawmakers want answers on abuse allegations at Waupun

by Bill Lueders September 12th, 2014July 29th, 2016
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Justice & Safety

Faith-based state group seeks Waupun prison abuse probe

by Bill Lueders July 29th, 2014July 29th, 2016
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety

How the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism investigated prison-abuse allegations

by Bill Lueders July 20th, 2014September 20th, 2018

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