Why is Wisconsin’s prison system such a ‘mess,’ and what can be done to fix it?

Why is Wisconsin’s prison system such a ‘mess,’ and what can be done to fix it?

Reading Time: 8 minutes Wisconsin incarcerates more people per capita than the majority of countries in the world, including the United States.  Wisconsin Watch and other newsrooms in recent years have reported on criminal charges against staff following prison deaths, medical errors and delayed health care and lengthy prison lockdowns linked to staffing shortages in Wisconsin prisons. The state prison population has surged past 23,000 people, w…