Thursday, November 21, 2024

GET ME REWRITE: More foot-dragging and holdups from Wisconsin GOP over closing of youth prison

 
Headline:  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11/21/2024
Republicans who control the majority in both the Assembly and the Senate haven't voted to codify rules governing how state officials handle teen inmates, following the results of a lawsuit years ago. If they don't decide to take action before the end of the year, the Department of Corrections could put the rule into effect itself. 
Earlier this year, Republicans also delayed funding to hire additional employees at the Mendota Juvenile Treatment Center before eventually approving it.

Could it have something to do with the fact that most of the 'commitmnts' at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake are Black youth?.



Related posts
2024

2022

2019
Scott Walker's legacy: The Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake youth prison scandal.  (1/16)

2018
If 3 years is "a long time ago", what is 1993?  (10/6)
There are two sides to every story and then there's the truth.  (3/15)
Drop in juvenile detention rates has done nothing to address racial disparities.  (1/29) 

2017
UPDATE: Based on recent evidence, the facilities' remote location and chronic staffing shortage keeps Juvenile Corrections from fulfilling its mission.  (11/28)
It's 243 miles, and a world away, from Racine to Irma.  (10/31)
UPDATE.  And, by extension, make Scott Walker look bad.  (10/10)

2016
Point/counterpoint: Open records and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.  (8/8)
State workers watching porn gets Scott Walker all het up but mistreating juvenile inmates -- not so much.  (7/6) 
Wendy Peterson schedules a Lincoln Hills double bill.  (4/7)
Wendy Peterson shares her favorite Hollywood movie prison scenes.  (4/7)
Former Wisconsin DOC Secretary tries to take advantage of Walker administration disdain for open records law.  (3/26)
Dear Ed Wall, Taking the job is just the first step.  (3/20)
Has the State of Wisconsin got a deal for Ed Wall!!  (3/1)
The Lincoln Hills Scandal slide show timeline: Scott Walker's bottom line is to cover his butt.  (2/28)
LINCOLN HILLS SCANDAL UPDATE: Scott Walker and the broken chain of command (with Jessie Rodriguez exception).  (2/27) 
Hands-off manager Scott Walker must still be licking his Presidential campaign wounds.  (1/14)
Because Scott Walker believes he's hired the best employees to work for the citizens of our state.  (1/9)

2015
Selective Republican logic inoperative when applied to Wisconsin juvenile corrections program.  (12/24)
The dysfunction of Scott Walker's executive branch of government in 1 defensive quote.  (12/20)
Scott Walker and Lincoln Hills School for Boys: Too busy thinking about his (presidential) baby.  (12/19)
Still in the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys.  (12/13)
Scott Walker shows us how to deflect (Taking no responsibility, chapter 2).  (12/12) 
As usual, Scott Walker takes no responsibility.  (12/11)
In the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys, Wisconsin Department of Corrections.  (12/11)

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