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Inside a ‘Nightmare’ Lockdown at a Wisconsin Prison [1]

['Mario Koran', 'Jamie Kelter Davis']

Date: 2023-08-19  

Prisoners locked in their cells for days on end report walls speckled with feces and blood. Birds have moved in, leaving droppings on the food trays and ice bags handed out to keep inmates cool. Blocked from visiting the law library, prisoners say they have missed court deadlines and jeopardized appeals. Unable to access toilet paper, one prisoner tore his clothing into patches to use for tissue.

One thousand inmates incarcerated at Waupun Correctional Institution, a maximum-security prison in southeast Wisconsin, have been confined mostly to their cells for more than four months, ever since prison officials locked down the facility and halted many programs and services.

More than two dozen inmates at Waupun, the state’s oldest prison, have revealed to The New York Times that since late March they have been forced to eat all meals in their cells, received no visits from friends or family, seen complaints of pain ignored and been allowed limited, if any, fresh air or recreation time.

The state’s Department of Corrections has offered little explanation about the lockdown or why it has lasted so long.

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[1] Url: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/19/us/wisconsin-prison-lockdown.html

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