Top headline: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/10/2024
Bottom headline: Prison Legal News, 4/1/2020
From Prison Legal News:
Every state in the nation has reported prison staffing shortages since 2017, according to research by Shadowproof.
This is concerning because “staff shortages” are historically used to push for greater investments in prison systems, oftentimes riding reform waves like the one the United States is experiencing currently.
Officials claim investments are part of the modernization and improvement of carceral systems. Yet, as evidenced by the recurrence of reform movements every few decades, violence and abuse persist, and the staffing issues never truly abate. [emphasis added]
Recommended reading:
The Marshall Project, 1/10/2024
Prisons across the country have long struggled to recruit and retain staff, but the most recent data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the situation is particularly dire. In 2022, the number of people working for state prisons hit its lowest mark in over two decades.This article was published in partnership with USA Today.
Meanwhile, state prison populations are rising. The number of people behind bars steadily declined starting in 2013 and then drastically dropped during the pandemic, when states released people to ease dangerous COVID-19 conditions, and court systems slowed. But by 2022, the number of people held in state prisons started to bounce back to over 1 million people.
Posts related to the shameful corrections legacies of Tommy Thompson and Scott Walker:
2024
2023
2022
Tommy Thompson: "I built too many prisons." Here's a timeline. (2/1)
2018
If 3 years is "a long time ago", what is 1993? (10/6/2018)
There are two sides to every story and then there's the truth. (3/15/2018)
Drop in juvenile detention rates has done nothing to address racial disparities. (1/29/2018)
2017
UPDATE: Based on recent evidence, the facilities' remote location and chronic staffing shortage keeps Juvenile Corrections from fulfilling its mission. (11/28/2017)
It's 243 miles, and a world away, from Racine to Irma. (10/31/2017)
UPDATE. And, by extension, make Scott Walker look bad. (10/10/2017)
2016
Point/counterpoint: Open records and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. (8/8/2016)
State workers watching porn gets Scott Walker all het up but mistreating juvenile inmates -- not so much. (7/6/2016)
Wendy Peterson schedules a Lincoln Hills double bill. (4/7/2016)
Wendy Peterson shares her favorite Hollywood movie prison scenes. (4/7/2016)
Former Wisconsin DOC Secretary tries to take advantage of Walker administration disdain for open records law. (3/26/2016)
Dear Ed Wall, Taking the job is just the first step. (3/20/2016)
Has the State of Wisconsin got a deal for Ed Wall!! (3/1/2016)
The Lincoln Hills Scandal slide show timeline: Scott Walker's bottom line is to cover his butt. (2/28/2016)
LINCOLN HILLS SCANDAL UPDATE: Scott Walker and the broken chain of command (with Jessie Rodriguez exception). (2/27/2015)
Hands-off manager Scott Walker must still be licking his Presidential campaign wounds. (1/14/2016)
Because Scott Walker believes he's hired the best employees to work for the citizens of our state. (1/9/2016)
2015
Selective Republican logic inoperative when applied to Wisconsin juvenile corrections program. (12/24/2015)
The dysfunction of Scott Walker's executive branch of government in 1 defensive quote. (12/20/2015)
Scott Walker and Lincoln Hills School for Boys: Too busy thinking about his (presidential) baby. (12/19/2015)
Still in the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys. (12/13/2015)
Scott Walker shows us how to deflect (Taking no responsibility, chapter 2). (12/12/2015)
As usual, Scott Walker takes no responsibility. (12/11/2015)
In the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys, Wisconsin Department of Corrections. (12/11/2015)
If 3 years is "a long time ago", what is 1993? (10/6/2018)
There are two sides to every story and then there's the truth. (3/15/2018)
Drop in juvenile detention rates has done nothing to address racial disparities. (1/29/2018)
2017
UPDATE: Based on recent evidence, the facilities' remote location and chronic staffing shortage keeps Juvenile Corrections from fulfilling its mission. (11/28/2017)
It's 243 miles, and a world away, from Racine to Irma. (10/31/2017)
UPDATE. And, by extension, make Scott Walker look bad. (10/10/2017)
2016
Point/counterpoint: Open records and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. (8/8/2016)
State workers watching porn gets Scott Walker all het up but mistreating juvenile inmates -- not so much. (7/6/2016)
Wendy Peterson schedules a Lincoln Hills double bill. (4/7/2016)
Wendy Peterson shares her favorite Hollywood movie prison scenes. (4/7/2016)
Former Wisconsin DOC Secretary tries to take advantage of Walker administration disdain for open records law. (3/26/2016)
Dear Ed Wall, Taking the job is just the first step. (3/20/2016)
Has the State of Wisconsin got a deal for Ed Wall!! (3/1/2016)
The Lincoln Hills Scandal slide show timeline: Scott Walker's bottom line is to cover his butt. (2/28/2016)
LINCOLN HILLS SCANDAL UPDATE: Scott Walker and the broken chain of command (with Jessie Rodriguez exception). (2/27/2015)
Hands-off manager Scott Walker must still be licking his Presidential campaign wounds. (1/14/2016)
Because Scott Walker believes he's hired the best employees to work for the citizens of our state. (1/9/2016)
2015
Selective Republican logic inoperative when applied to Wisconsin juvenile corrections program. (12/24/2015)
The dysfunction of Scott Walker's executive branch of government in 1 defensive quote. (12/20/2015)
Scott Walker and Lincoln Hills School for Boys: Too busy thinking about his (presidential) baby. (12/19/2015)
Still in the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys. (12/13/2015)
Scott Walker shows us how to deflect (Taking no responsibility, chapter 2). (12/12/2015)
As usual, Scott Walker takes no responsibility. (12/11/2015)
In the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys, Wisconsin Department of Corrections. (12/11/2015)
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