Another prisoner has died in a facility operated by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
Prisons are dangerous places. Many of the prisoners are dangerous people.
But in Wisconsin, aging facilities and staffing problems make matters worse.
Homicide at Wisconsin maximum security prison in Green Bay | Fox6
The Brown County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release Wednesday that deputies were called to the Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday for a report of a pulseless inmate who wasn’t breathing. Micah Laureano, 19, was pronounced dead at the scene, the sheriff’s department said.
The initial investigation determined that Laureano died of homicide in his cell. Deputies have identified Laureno’s 24-year-old cellmate as a suspect, the release said.
At some point, reporters may begin to press Governor Evers to answer for his administration’s failures at the DOC.
Probably not today though.
In other news, outraged citizens signed petitions to thwart a pipeline and fire a member of the Elections Commission. Wisconsin continues to be the epicenter of the presidential race, with JD Vance here yesterday, former President Trump in La Crosse today and President Biden (remember him?) coming next week.
In good news, gas prices have dipped a bit before the big Labor Day weekend. Still too high, but we’ll take what we can get.
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