Measures include building upon ongoing efforts to restore regular movement, reducing use of restrictive housing, and transitioning Waupun Correctional Institution toward single-cell housing
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers and Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary Kevin Carr today announced sweeping measures designed to help ensure the safety of corrections staff and people in DOC care. Coupled with the Evers Administration’s existing work to address persistent, decade-long corrections staffing challenges, the measures announced today include additional new steps building upon DOC’s ongoing efforts to restore regular movement at correctional institutions; reduce use of restrictive housing; bolster staff emergency response and rounds policies; and transition Waupun Correctional Institution toward single-cell housing.
The measures announced today come as Gov. Evers visited Waupun Correctional Institution with DOC Secretary Carr on Thurs., Nov. 9, 2023, and spoke with correctional officers, institution staff, and individuals in corrections care.
“We’ve spent the last five years working to address the decade-long chronic staffing challenges we inherited at our correctional institutions because we want to ensure every person in these institutions is safe, whether they’re DOC employees or folks living in our care,” said Gov. Evers.
“At the same time, we also want everyone in our care to have the support, programming, and rehabilitation they need to be successful, and...
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