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| Wisconsin rethinks use of solitary confinement |
| By gazettextra.com- Bill Lueders |
| Published: 07/22/2014 |
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At Waupun Correctional Institution in 2012, one inmate being transferred to the state prison's segregation unit, commonly known as solitary confinement, was pepper-sprayed three times and tasered twice before the shackles could be applied. “I'm not going to seg,” he stated, according to a use-of-force report obtained by Gannett Wisconsin Media. The prison's segregation unit, which houses up to 180 inmates, is not a place inmates want to be. And for good reason: The unit blends severe isolation with the recurring use of force. Two inmates in segregation at Waupun, a state prison 55 miles northeast of Madison, have committed suicide in the past 18 months. Read More. |
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