Bill Clausius, spokesman for the Department of Corrections, said Moore's summary of contract monitor reports neglected to say what the agency and CCA were doing to address problems. Some of these issues are just the kind of things that the Wisconsin Department of Corrections deals with daily in our prisons back here, and I would say it's a misstatement to say that we're failing to respond. We are responding. A handful of Idaho Correctional Center inmates refused to come out of their cells and attend to their prison chores on Wednesday, Assistant Warden Jeff Conway confirmed on Friday. There was no physical violence.
All inmates are safe and sound.
Since then, prisoners and their families have complained about the treatment behind the bars. However, your current behavior will not result in getting what you want. Department of Correction spokesman Mark Carnopis said part of the problem at the new prison is that inmates are having trouble adjusting to some rules that are more rigid than those at the New Mexico lockup. You get a bunch of inmates coming in, trying to determine their dominance, and we're just not going to let them decide. Conway said the lockdown will be eased gradually in the coming few days.