ALLOUEZ, WI (WTAQ) – The Wisconsin Department of Corrections secretary visited the Green Bay Correctional Institution on Wednesday in the wake of a couple attacks on correctional officers by inmates.
Secretary Jon Litscher says his visit is an outreach to employees.
“We are here to let them know that we have empathy and concern about the issues that affect them on a daily basis,” Litscher said, according to FOX 11.
Last month, 3 officers went to the hospital after an inmate assaulted them. Two of the victims were stabbed and beaten, while a third employee was hurt trying to restrain the inmate.
Then earlier this week, another officer was treated for burns after an inmate threw a pot of boiling water in their face.
“There is a risk factor at our maximum (security) institutions, I can’t diminish that, I can’t decrease that, what we have to do is have the best policies in place, get input from our front line people that work in those areas and say what can we do to do better, to have the best safe, secure institution as possible,” said Litscher.
Litscher says hopes this visit will be a step in the right direction in trying to solve the problems at Green Bay Correctional.
