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| Faith Groups Try to Send Bottled Water to Prisoners |
| By shepherdexpress.com- Lisa Kaiser |
| Published: 08/17/2016 |
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The faith-based social justice organization WISDOM and its allies are supporting prisoners at Waupun and Fox Lake correctional institutions by attempting to donate bottled water to them. According to news reports and testimony from current and former inmates, the water is contaminated with lead and copper, making some inmates sick. In April, Wisconsin Watch’s Dee J. Hall reported that inmates and staff at both Dodge County facilities have complained of drinking yellow or brown, foul-smelling and sediment-filled water, possibly due to aging pipes. The state Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ordered Fox Lake officials in 2014 to reduce the amount of lead and copper in that facility’s water, and Waupun’s lead and copper levels have also exceeded federal safety levels within the past decade, Hall reported. Read More. |
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