Dept of corrections

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has missed a goal for providing body cameras to officers.

The Legislature gave the department $326,700 to buy 200 body-worn cameras for officers in solitary confinement units at six maximum security adult prisons. 

But Corrections Secretary Cathy Jess acknowledged in a letter to legislative leaders this week that her department has not deployed any of those cameras.

She says her department first had to determine what features it wanted.

The procurement process then proved lengthy. And, she says, a shortage led to further delays.

Therefore, she says, the department couldn't deliver a report by the July 1 deadline on whether the cameras were reducing assaults.

Democratic Sen. Jennifer Shilling of La Crosse says the administration "bungles" even basic tasks like buying safety equipment.

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