Waupun weighs a future without 167-year-old prison

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Waupun weighs a future without 167-year-old prison

The U.S. prison population suffered higher rates of infection, higher than most other institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic and for those living at Waupun Correctional Institute (WCI), the state’s oldest continuously operating prison, and for those who care for them, the pandemic further complicated the debate over WCI’s future. Men incarcerated at the prison shared... [Read More]

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