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“A consulting and management firm [has begun] on-site visits to Wisconsin prisons … the next step in a third-party review of the state’s prison system.
People have been dying. … People have not had adequate health care during emergency situations.
“Falcon Correctional and Community Services, Inc. ‘exists to elevate mental health services in jails and prisons’ for incarcerated Americans with mental illness, according to the firm’s website. Amidst concerns over the conditions of confinement in state facilities, Falcon is studying some aspects of life inside Wisconsin prisons to find areas for improvement.
“The Wisconsin Department of Corrections recognized the value of a third party reviewing policies and procedures and providing recommendations for improvement, DOC Secretary Jared Hoy said in a July 9 letter to lawmakers on Wisconsin’s 2023 Assembly Committee on Corrections.
“On the same day, prison reform advocates spoke in front of the committee, giving testimony about solitary confinement and other issues. The Department of Corrections has received scrutiny after deaths of incarcerated people and criminal charges against staff at Waupun Correctional Institution. …
“Bringing in Falcon is an acknowledgement of serious problems in the department, said Mark Rice [Leading with Conviction™ 2017], the transformational justice campaign coordinator at the nonprofit WISDOM. Rice hopes the study will lead to change, but he also thinks the department should make improvements based on information that is already available.
“‘Solitary confinement is being used far too frequently,’ Rice said. ‘People have been dying. People have not been able to get access to medications that they need in some situations. People have not had adequate health care during emergency situations. And so certainly [there have] been several deaths that were preventable.’ …
“Rice doesn’t see the Falcon partnership as a substitute for independent oversight, but he thinks ‘lives can be saved’ if it leads to improvements in the prison system.”
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