A US District Court Judge pledging some remedial actions has harsh words about management practices that have spawned brutal conditions which continue at the state's prison for juveniles.
And while a probe into conditions there has been going on for two-and-a-half years, somehow GOP Gov. Scott Walker - - supposed supervisor of the Wisconsin Corrections Department Secretary - - has evaded all political and moral responsibility for what months ago I called a humanitarian crisis.
Why doesn't the buck stop with Walker and accountability begin there?
And while a probe into conditions there has been going on for two-and-a-half years, somehow GOP Gov. Scott Walker - - supposed supervisor of the Wisconsin Corrections Department Secretary - - has evaded all political and moral responsibility for what months ago I called a humanitarian crisis.
Why doesn't the buck stop with Walker and accountability begin there?
On Walker's watch, Lincoln Hills is a humanitarian crisis
When it comes to the state-sponsored nightmare that has been festering at Wisconsin's Lincoln Hills youth prison, what language suits you?
Humanitarian crisis too harsh?
Given the power differential between the state and underage inmates, I don't think so...
Why should it take a federal lawsuit to bring this nightmare more fully to public attention, and to the authorities to bring the nightmare to a close?
Does Walker have to be confronted with deaths there - - as have victims, their families and Milwaukee County taxpayers who endured four deaths last year in Sheriff David Clarke's jail - - before some serious remedial action is taken, or ordered?
Enough.
