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| Inmate advocates decry prison conditions, overly long terms |
| By jsonline.com- Annysa Johnson & Gina Barton |
| Published: 05/06/2014 |
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Men and women are languishing in Wisconsin prisons long past their eligible parole dates, families and advocates told lawmakers gathered at a Milwaukee church Monday. And many of those prisoners, they said, are subjected to solitary confinement in small windowless cells for months, even years, a practice one chaplain characterized as torture. "You may want to believe that torture doesn't go on here, but let me assure you that it does," said the Rev. Kate Edwards, a Buddhist chaplain. "The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is using our tax dollars to torture people in a system that is dangerous, ineffective, immoral and very expensive." Edwards was among the speakers at a listening session at Mount Zion Baptist Church on a faith-based initiative aimed at cutting the state's prison rolls. Read More. |
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