Inside a 'nightmare' lockdown at a Wisconsin prison

Inside Waupun Correctional Institution’s ‘nightmare’ lockdown

Reading Time: 9 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story More than two dozen prisoners say 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 little, if any, fresh air or recreation time. Multiple inmates said prisoners were cutting themselves or threatening self-harm simply to get medical attention. The Wisconsin D…

Inside a 'nightmare' lockdown at a Wisconsin prison

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.