Addie Costello

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Vendor failure means Wisconsin prisoners can't buy food or other items

1 month ago | wpr.org | Addie Costello

This story was produced and originally published by WPR and Wisconsin Watch. The online system Wisconsin prisoners rely on to receive money from loved ones recently crashed, leaving them unable to pay for items like extra food and hygiene products. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections contracts a private company, Access Corrections, to allow people outside of prison to transfer funds to those inside.
Vendor failure means Wisconsin prisoners can’t buy food or other items

1 month ago | madison365.com | Addie Costello

The online system Wisconsin prisoners rely on to receive money from loved ones recently crashed, leaving them unable to pay for items like extra food and hygiene products. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections contracts a private company, Access Corrections, to allow people outside of prison to transfer funds to those inside. Those transfers occur through the company’s app, website, phone system, mail and in-person options.
Vendor failure means Wisconsin prisoners can’t buy food or other items

1 month ago | milwaukeenns.org | Addie Costello

The online system Wisconsin prisoners rely on to receive money from loved ones recently crashed, leaving them unable to pay for items like extra food and hygiene products. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections contracts a private company, Access Corrections, to allow people outside of prison to transfer funds to those inside. Those transfers occur through the company’s app, website, phone system, mail and in-person options.
Wisconsin prisoners can’t buy items due to contractor failure

1 month ago | wisconsinwatch.org | Addie Costello

Reading Time: 2 minutes The online system Wisconsin prisoners rely on to receive money from loved ones recently crashed, leaving them unable to pay for items like extra food and hygiene products. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections contracts a private company, Access Corrections, to allow people outside of prison to transfer funds to those inside. Those transfers occur through the company’s app, website, phone system, mail and in-person options.
‘It’s been a living hell’: Wisconsin prison phone failures leave families disconnected

1 month ago | civicmedia.us | Addie Costello |Jimmie Kaska |Adam Hess |Michael Kommer

Wisconsin prisoners have struggled to connect with loved ones for weeks and even months as a state contractor fails to keep up with increasing demand for its call and messaging services. The Department of Corrections last year began working with Texas-based ICSolutions, the prison system’s phone provider, to make electronic tablets free for every state prisoner. The state allocated $2.5 million to cover some of the cost.
Wisconsin prison phone failures leave families disconnected

1 month ago | wpr.org | Addie Costello

Wisconsin prisoners have struggled to connect with loved ones for weeks and even months as a state contractor fails to keep up with increasing demand for its call and messaging services. The Department of Corrections last year began working with Texas-based ICSolutions, the prison system's phone provider, to make electronic tablets free for every state prisoner. The state allocated $2.5 million to cover some of the cost.
Madison's Yahara House serves people living with mental illness

2 months ago | wisconsinwatch.org | Addie Costello

Reading Time: 7 minutes Click here to read highlights from the storyYahara House, part of the nonprofit Journey Mental Health Center, is a community mental health program focused on building relationships and job opportunities. Its clubhouse model reduces hospitalizations and boosts employment in adults with serious mental illnesses, experts and advocates say. Yahara House is one of just seven clubhouses in the state and just three with international accreditation.
Families seek answers after deaths of two women incarcerated at Taycheedah prison

Mar 11, 2025 | madison.com | Addie Costello

Two women incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution have died following hospital stays that began Feb. 22. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has shared limited information about their deaths, frustrating family members and those locked up at the maximum- and medium-security women’s prison. Shawnee Reed, 36, died Feb. 23, a day after arriving at an area hospital.
Families seek answers after deaths of two women incarcerated at Taycheedah prison

Mar 11, 2025 | lakegenevanews.net | Addie Costello

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Two women die at Wisconsin’s Taycheedah prison

Mar 11, 2025 | wisconsinwatch.org | Addie Costello

Reading Time: 4 minutes Click here to read highlights from the storyTwo women incarcerated at Taycheedah Correctional Institution have died following hospital stays that began Feb. 22. Family members of both women say hospital staff linked the deaths to pneumonia. They said both women started mentioning health issues over the phone around a month ago. Corrections officials briefly locked down part of Taycheedah due to an increase in respiratory illnesses.