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Tag: Waupun Correctional Institution

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 Why you can trust WisconsinWatch.org

About a dozen Wisconsin prisoners plan to launch a hunger strike beginning next week aimed at ending a form of indefinite solitary confinement that officials use to keep order in the institutions, according to an inmate advocacy group.

Posted inFailure at the Faucet, Health & Welfare, Justice & Safety

Water tainted with lead, copper at two Wisconsin state prisons

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin WatchApril 10th, 2016May 19th, 2016
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Justice & Safety

Maximum stints in solitary cut, but Waupun inmates left in dark

by Dee J. Hall / Wisconsin WatchJanuary 17th, 2016March 9th, 2017
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?, 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 inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Justice & Safety

Wisconsin rethinks use of solitary confinement

by Bill Lueders July 22nd, 2014July 29th, 2016
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Justice & Safety

Waupun guard named repeatedly in abuse complaints

by Bill Lueders July 21st, 2014July 29th, 2016
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety

Advocate devotes life to aiding Wisconsin’s prisoners

by Bill Lueders July 20th, 2014September 20th, 2018
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Justice & Safety

Waupun prison guards accused of abusing dozens of inmates

by Bill Lueders July 20th, 2014July 29th, 2016
Posted inCruel and Unusual?, Government, Justice & Safety

40 allegations of guards abusing inmates at Waupun Correctional Institution

by Bill Lueders July 20th, 2014September 20th, 2018
Posted inGovernment, Justice & Safety

A look at six allegations of inmate abuse at Waupun

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

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