15% of staff positions in state unfilled, up to 40% at Waupun prison. //end headline wrapper ?>Waupun Correctional Institute in Waupun, Wis. Lauren Fuhrmann/Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism
Just under 690 jobs, or roughly 15 percent of corrections officer positions, are unfilled at Wisconsin’s prisons, according to data from the stateDepartment of Corrections. The problem is most severe at Waupun Correctional Institution where 40 percent of jobs are vacant.
The DOC announced in December it was closing a cell hall at Waupun to help relieve the staffing shortage. Figures from the agency show 119 out of 297 corrections officer positions were vacant at the prison as of Feb. 2.
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Updated: 6:16 PM CST Feb 8, 2021 The Wisconsin Department of Corrections said 25 inmates have died of COVID-19 since the pandemic began.Continuing Coverage: Coronavirus in WisconsinRight now, it shows 45 active coronavirus cases within the prison system.But two runners say more needs to be done for the prison population.The former inmates are letting their feet do the talking.Ramiah Whiteside and Kevin Cook bundled up and in yellow sweatshirts, started their mission Monday in Milwaukee.They re running to support those incarcerated during the pandemic. The least of what I can do is run as an extension to exemplify the fact that they have nowhere to run, Whiteside said. They are sitting ducks. The two set off on a journey to Madison.They are going to run 20 miles the next four days.Whiteside and Cook feel the state is not doing enough to protect prisoners. They speak from experience. From Nov. 9 all the way ‘til Dec. 7, I was just stuck in a cell with an individual who w
Suspect arrested in death of man found in Inver Grove Heights snowbank
Police have identified the man who was killed as 39-year-old Bryant Lutgens.
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A suspect has been arrested in connection to the death of a man who was found in a snowbank in Inver Grove Heights on Feb. 1.
According to a news release from the police department on Thursday, the 42-year-old Richfield man was arrested and booked into the Dakota County Jail after it issued an alert on a vehicle related to the death of Bryant Jon Lutgens, 39, of Burnsville.
The Minneapolis PD located and stopped the vehicle on Wednesday and arrested the suspect. Another person in the vehicle was booked into jail on a Wisconsin Department of Corrections warrant, the release states.
Suspect charged in Inver Grove Heights homicide
Minneapolis police made the arrest after authorities in Inver Grove Heights put out an alert on a vehicle they believed was connected to Monday s murder.
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Police in Inver Grove Heights are investigating after a man s lifeless body was discovered in a snowbank Monday morning. Author: Dana Thiede Updated: 7:27 PM CST February 4, 2021
INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, Minn. A Minneapolis man was charged Thursday in connection with a homicide discovered in Inver Grove Heights on Monday.
In a press release from the Dakota County Attorney s Office, Gabriel Alfonso Sanchez Cruz, 42, has been charged with second-degree murder.