Tuesday, June 2: Victim of a prison sexual assault tells his story, Evers marks Pride Month, putting pressure on child welfare agencies, the racial wealth retirement gap, court rules for trans military members, is Trump ‘slush fund’ on the way out?
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“When you’re incarcerated, what they say is law. When they tell you to do something, you do it. If not, you take the risk of going to solitary confinement, or you never know.“
– Oshkosh Correctional Institution sexual assault victim
A man who was sexually assaulted by an Oshkosh Correctional Institution officer holds records from the investigation. (Photo by Erik Gunn/Wisconsin Examiner)
An Oshkosh Correctional Institution officer has been sentenced to two years in prison for the 2024 sexual assault of a man who was incarcerated there at the time. The victim, who has since been released from prison, tells Criminal Justice Project fellow Andrew Kennard that he was upset by the Department of Corrections’ handling of the case, which has not received media coverage.
Gov. Tony Evers raised a flag celebrating LGBTQ+ Pride over the state Capitol for the last time Monday. In 2019, Evers became the first Wisconsin governor to raise the Pride flag at the Capitol. “We celebrate Pride Month because we know what it took to get here. We also know what is at stake,” Evers said Monday. Baylor Spears reports on the event.
Some states are enacting laws that require the disclosure of more information in child neglect or abuse cases to lawmakers and the public, reports Robbie Sequeira of Stateline. But one expert cautions that while everybody wants to prevent child deaths, measures that encourage more and faster reporting and investigations don’t always have the desired effect.
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Gov. Tony Evers said the flag is a message that the state “recognizes and celebrates our LGBTQ Wisconsinites — where they can be treated with dignity, treated with dignity and respect, and welcomed without fear of prosecution, judgement and discrimination.” (Photo by Baylor Spears/Wisconsin Examiner)
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