WisEye Morning Minute: Proposed Changes to Youth Prison Rules for Staff
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As reported by WisPolitics.com, Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Republicans raised concerns that proposed changes to youth prison rules for staff prompted by a court order are unnecessary. Chair Sen. Van Wanggaard, R-Racine, said he’s concerned the Department of Corrections’ proposed revamp of its administrative rules would restrict guards’ abilities to respond to troubled youth. He argued problems with training and lack of staff caused the issues that prompted a federal investigation into staff abusing inmates. Wanggaard also said he doesn’t like that a court is influencing administrative code for Wisconsin’s youth prisons, and he wants to make sure Wisconsin no longer has to go through independent monitoring. DOC Deputy Secretary Jared Hoy said the changes are necessary to comply with court-ordered requirements that stem from a federal investigation into staff abuse of inmates and other issues at Wisconsin’s only maximum security juvenile prisons. The court ordered DOC to comply with changes in 50 different areas, such as eliminating pepper spray use, barring staff from placing youth in solitary confinement for punitive reasons and increasing the amount of educational time for inmates.
Watch full program: https://wiseye.org/2024/04/10/senate-committee-on-judiciary-and-public-safety-59/
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