Friday, June 07, 2024

Evers vs. Inmates? Inmates Lost

A few months ago, a co-worker sympthetically mentioned the death of an inmate at Waupun.  At that time, my reaction was 'he's a criminal, doing time, and stuff happens in prisons.'

Boy, was I wrong.

Gov. Tony Evers’ Department of Corrections has melted down in nightmarish – and deadly – fashion. Nine State of Wisconsin employees, including the warden of a major state prison in Waupun, were arrested in connection with two prison deaths, the Dodge County Sheriff announced.

And he says the problems in Corrections aren’t limited to one prison.

In one case, an inmate drank sewage water and played in the toilet, dying of probable dehydration and malnutrition, Sheriff Dale Schmidt said. The inmate’s death was ruled a homicide. Staff didn’t give him multiple meals and shut off water in his cell, Schmidt said. The inmate has been named as Donald Maier, who was convicted of stabbing a man to death as he slept in 1985....

There's plenty more.  Apparently Waupun was jam-packed full of drugs, too.  It is impossible for that quantity of drugs to have gotten into the prison without the knowledge/cooperation of the guards and/or the administration.

 ...The dramatic arrests, which made national news, came after a series of serious mismanagement problems in Evers’ Corrections Department, including soaring staffing shortages, an over-capacity prison with “deplorable” conditions, massive early releases of inmates who often re-offend, a failure to revoke thousands of offenders who commit new crimes while out on probation or parole supervision, a systemic failure to notify victims’ families of murderers’ parole releases, and high-level staff turnover.

“There needs to be some responsibility from the top down,” Schmidt said. “And it’s clear that there wasn’t.”...

The "top" in this case is Tony Evers.  And he will NEVER take responsibility.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

But are you persuading your public to vote against Evers?




Try Again

By William Hickson,

‘Tis a lesson you should heed–
Try again;
If at first you don’t succeed,
Try again.
Then your courage should appear;
For if you will persevere,
You will conquer, never fear,
Try again.

Once or twice though you should fail,
If you would at last prevail,
Try again.
If we strive, ’tis no disgrace
Though we did not win the race–
What should you do in that case?
Try again.

If you find your task is hard.
Try again;
Time will bring you your reward,
Try again;
All that other folk can do,
Why with patience should not you?
Only keep this rule in view,
Try again.

Dad29 said...

The election is in three years.