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Wisconsin Lockdown
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1992
by Adrian Lomax
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1992, page 11
In the middle of May, 1992, the Wisconsin DOC distributed a new set of property rules to all prisoners. It contained a lot of new restrictions but the most significant is that the total amount of property a prisoner may possess must fit into a footlocker measuring 32" x 16" …
Filed under:
Prison Rebellion,
Lockdowns,
Prisoner Property,
Guards/Staff,
Guard Unions.
Location:
Wisconsin.
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