By Dee J. Hall Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism A review of electronic court records by the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism shows the state Department of Corrections has sought force-feeding orders at least 20 times in the past 11 years. That activity has accelerated in the last two months, with eight cases filed in the past […]
Six hunger strikers at two Wisconsin prisons protest long-term isolation for themselves, others
By Dee J. Hall Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism About half a dozen Wisconsin prison inmates have begun refusing food as part of a protest against long-term isolation known as administrative confinement, according to backers of the protest. At least one inmate participating in the hunger strike, LaRon McKinley Bey, has sued the state […]