Charges against warden and guards renew calls to close Wisconsin's 'Shawshank'-like prison
SCOTT BAUER and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press
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With a “Shawshank Redemption”-style stone exterior and high castle-like guard towers, Wisconsin’s oldest prison, built in the 1850s, has long been a target for closure amid concerns about deterioration, extended lockdowns and staffing shortfalls.
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Dating to the 1850s, the Waupun Correctional Institution "needs to be torn down or turned into a museum or whatever they need to do with it," said an attorney for families of three people who died in the prison within the past year.
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Dating to the 1850s, the Waupun Correctional Institution "needs to be torn down or turned into a museum or whatever they need to do with it," said an attorney for families of three people who died in the prison within the past year.
