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PRESS RELEASE
DATE: 2-24-2006
RE: Supermax transition
From: PRISONERS' ACTION COALITION
The Supermax (now WSPF) is going through a major transition. After a six years of attempting to justify a terrible mistake the Wisconsin DOC has finally pulled the plug. This stupendously expensive boondoggle is now being reconfigured into a more sane and humane facility.
General population prisoners will be arriving soon, and those who have endured six years of deprivation are now allowed the same privileges as segregated prisoners in other Wisconsin prisons.
A new color coded system of prisoner classification called the HIGH RISK OFFENDER PROGRAM (HROP) is replacing the notorious Level System. A more realistic number of cells will continue to house truly dangerous men, and the pressure to keep 509 cells filled with dangerous prisoners will finally be abandoned.
This change does not come with fanfare. The DOC has not trumpeted these changes because to do so would acknowledge the reality of a failed experiment. Activists and prisoners applaud the DOC. We just ask, what took you so long�
For more information, contact:
Frank Van Den Bosch
Spokesperson,
Prisoners' Action Coalition
DATE: 2-24-2006
RE: Supermax transition
From: PRISONERS' ACTION COALITION
The Supermax (now WSPF) is going through a major transition. After a six years of attempting to justify a terrible mistake the Wisconsin DOC has finally pulled the plug. This stupendously expensive boondoggle is now being reconfigured into a more sane and humane facility.
General population prisoners will be arriving soon, and those who have endured six years of deprivation are now allowed the same privileges as segregated prisoners in other Wisconsin prisons.
A new color coded system of prisoner classification called the HIGH RISK OFFENDER PROGRAM (HROP) is replacing the notorious Level System. A more realistic number of cells will continue to house truly dangerous men, and the pressure to keep 509 cells filled with dangerous prisoners will finally be abandoned.
This change does not come with fanfare. The DOC has not trumpeted these changes because to do so would acknowledge the reality of a failed experiment. Activists and prisoners applaud the DOC. We just ask, what took you so long�
For more information, contact:
Frank Van Den Bosch
Spokesperson,
Prisoners' Action Coalition
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