(Waupun) There were more protests at Waupun Correctional Institution over the weekend, this time outside the prison’s walls. The prison’s former warden and eight other employees were criminally charged last week in connection with the death of two Waupun inmates.
On Sunday, family and friends of those inmates joined former inmates to seek change at the prison.
“It ain’t right that mothers and fathers around the state are legitimately petrified that their loved one will be the next to die inside Waupun or Green Bay,” says protest organizer Dant’e Cottingham.
Another protest on the prison grounds supported the employees charged in the deaths. That group said staff could only work with the resources available to them, and the real accountability should be with those in charge.
Last week prison inmates held a sit-in, protesting the conditions of their confinement. The nine people facing charges in connection to the two inmates who died have preliminary hearings scheduled for July 11th.
–WRN contributed
