Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett views the interior of an empty isolation cell at the City-County Building jail, one of the county's three jail facilities. Barrett has described the facility as inhumane.
JOHN HART, STATE JOURNAL ARCHIVES
The shower area of an empty eight-person cellblock on the seventh floor of the Dane County Jail, the oldest part of the facility, which is being closed and inmates relocated.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
A common area of an empty eight-person cellblock on the seventh floor of the Dane County Jail.
AMBER ARNOLD, STATE JOURNAL
Lt. Jeffrey Heil manually opens an empty cell in an eight-person cellblock as he gives a tour of the seventh floor at the Dane County Jail, which is in the process of being closed and inmates relocated because of a staffing shortage.
Citing staffing shortages, Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett said Tuesday he will begin closing a portion of the county’s jail inside the City-County Building that has for years been described as inhumane.
Dane County Sheriff Kalvin Barrett views the interior of an empty isolation cell at the City-County Building jail, one of the county's three jail facilities. Barrett has described the facility as inhumane.
The shower area of an empty eight-person cellblock on the seventh floor of the Dane County Jail, the oldest part of the facility, which is being closed and inmates relocated.
Lt. Jeffrey Heil manually opens an empty cell in an eight-person cellblock as he gives a tour of the seventh floor at the Dane County Jail, which is in the process of being closed and inmates relocated because of a staffing shortage.
