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| WI Prisoners Living Good Life Soon |
| By gazettextra.com |
| Published: 09/03/2010 |
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Life is getting better for some of Wisconsin’s most dangerous and worst-behaving prisoners. To settle lawsuits filed by inmates, state officials have agreed to make wide-ranging changes to the segregation unit at the maximum-security Waupun Correctional Institution to make it easier for them to sleep, exercise and communicate. The 180 inmates who are housed there because they violated prison rules or were deemed a security risk to the general population will be getting new windows, magazines and even Hacky Sacks, according to settlements signed last month and obtained by The Associated Press. The Department of Corrections said Thursday the changes will cost more than $60,000, and the settlements award the inmates and their attorneys an additional $113,000 in fees and damages. Read More. |
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