We need to talk about the Wisconsin Republican Party’s fascination with killing Black people. On a national level, the way Republicans lined up behind Trump led to even conservative columnist Jennifer Rubin describing the party as a cult. When the pandemic spread and Trump led his people onto a path of denial and conspiracy theory, …
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Sarah Cooper’s COVID Spreader Shakedowns
Two weeks ago AbolishMKE broke a story about cell searches at the Racine prison (RCI) preceding new COVID cases and a quarantine. We sent the story to reporters (only Wisconsin Examiner seems to have picked it up) and asked readers to contact DOC officials demanding an end to cell searches, or “shakedowns.” Sarah Cooper, head …
Is Wisconsin Hiding Prisoner Deaths?
On March 19, 2020 a prison doctor brought the coronavirus pandemic into the Waupun prison (WCI). As we approach the one year anniversary of this event, we want to review how Wisconsin has handled COVID in prison. Unfortunately, thanks to opaque bureaucracy and the unaccountable prison system (DOC), it’s impossible to make an accurate assessment. …
Stimulus Obstruction in Wisconsin Prisons
The IRS sent me and others a debit card instead of a check for our EIP 2 ($600) and the prison won’t process them or place the funds on our accounts. They require us to send the cards out and find another way to get the funds off them. -Prisoner in the Wisconsin DOC For …
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Sad Tony and the Proposed Budget that Can’t
Last week, Governor Tony Evers introduced his new state budget plan, and, as far as the prison system is concerned, it didn’t matter at all. There are some decent provisions included, like legalizing marijuana, expanding TAD funding and closing youth prisons without requiring the construction of new ones, but the proposal falls short of closing …
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Questions not asked at the Turner Hall CMI Series
The Milwaukee Turner’s Confronting Mass Incarceration (CMI) is doing a series on restorative justice and circles. This series has featured panels that include prisonphiles like DOC Secretary Carr and DA John Chisolm. These panels are all done via ZOOM and there is no way to actually live up to the organization’s name and confront these …
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New Years Eve Noise Demo Outside Oshkosh CI
Oshkosh CI has had over 1,000 positive COVID19 test results, this is the second highest in the DOC system. Between March and November of 2020, ten people at OSCI died. The DOC has reported 23 deaths from COVID19 across the system, but more than that have very likely died of coronavirus while undiagnosed. There are …
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