Court proceedings against the former Waupun prison sister; 8 cases of employees are continued

Criminal matters against eight former employees of the Waupun judicial facility have not been completed since their indictment nine months ago.
The employees who were in positions, which ranged from the prison officer to the former supervisor, are accused due to different participation in the death of prisoners Donald Maier and Cameron Williams.
Jessica Hosfelt, a former prison nursing nurse, had brought to trial for September at a hearing on Tuesday, which made her the first of the former employees who have a legal proceedings.

Juneau – Almost nine months, since criminal charges against nine Waupun judicial plus were submitted in connection with two deaths in prison, court dates were planned for the first cases.

Jessica Hosfelt, 47, a former nurse in prison who is charged with abuse of residents of criminal complexes, is the first of the nine employees who have a legal proceedings. At an application negotiation on Tuesday, her trial for September 8th to 12th was planned.

So far, only one of the cases of the former employees has been solved. Sarah Ransbottom, a 36-year-old former prison officer, was originally charged with misconduct in the public office, but did not advocate a competition at a low level in September and was instructed to pay a fine.

The next defendant, whose case comes to the conclusion, is Jeramie Chalker, 41, a former correctional gender who is charged with misconduct in the public office if he received a plea at his next hearing on April 4.

Hosfelt, Ransbottom and Chalker are three out of seven former Waupun prison employees, including the former guard who was charged with Donald Maier, a 62-year-old prisoner in February 2024, who was accused of malnutrition and probably dehydration. Three employees were charged with the death of Cameron Williams in October 2023, a 24-year-old prisoner who died of a rare stroke after the investigators claimed that he had received no medical help.

Both Maiers and Williams' death took place during a 16-month closure in the Waupun correctional institution, in which the department for corrections in Wisconsin was set up to protect prisoners and prison officers during a time. Reports of prisoners about the conditions during the time of the restricted movement led to call from supporters from prison reform in order to make significant changes to Wisconsin prisons.

On February 16, Governor Tony Evers announced a proposal as part of his next two -year budget to revise the prisons of the state, with renovation work that would transform the correctional institution of Waupun into a “profession” with expanded vocational training and only reduce the correctional institution Green Bay.

In the middle of so much prison messages is what you should know about the continuing criminal matters against former employees of the Waupun judicial facility:

What are the details about Maiers and Williams' deaths?

Maier's death was called a murder by the Medical Examiner Dodge County.

The prison staff found Maier in his cell shortly before 3:30 p.m. February 22, 2024. The medical examiner estimated that he had probably died hours earlier.

An examination of the Dodge County's sheriff office showed that the employees of prison members temporarily switched off the water in Maier's cell in order to prevent it from flooding it, but not properly documented when the water was switched on or off. They were also able to document missed meals and made Maier available to his medication.

The investigation showed that Maier probably only received medication in the nine days he had spent in the restrictive residential unit of prison before his death.

The then Randall Hepp told the investigators that the default of the staff to follow the guidelines and procedures is “the inevitable result of a long -term personnel deficit”, the complaint said.

Williams died on October 30, 2023 after he had applied for medical treatment for days. The medical examiner found that he died of a stroke caused by blood clots in his brain.

A criminal complaint for his death notes that three employees – a nurse, a Sergeant and a lieutenant – about the entry of Williams' cell in the evening before he died after they could not receive an answer during a welfare check, but never carried out a cell entry.

The prisoners informed the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that Williams called for medical help, but his screams were ignored.

Maier and Williams were two out of six prisoners who died at the Waupun Correctional institution within about 14 months. Families in some deaths have submitted federal lawsuits against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and prison staff.

What are the next hearing dates for every defendant?

In most cases, the accused had numerous telephone planning conferences.

Jessa Nicholson Goetz, a lawyer by Alexander Hollfelder, a former correctional engraving, who is charged with Maier's death, told USA Network-Wisconsin.

Brandon Fisher, a lieutenant who is charged with abuse of residents of punitive institutions for Maiers and Williams' deaths, has a telephone planning conference on March 5.
Gwendolyn Vick, a nurse who is charged with abuse of residents of punitive institutions for Williams' death, has a telephone planning conference on March 13.
Tanner Leopold, a former prison system who is charged with abuse of residents of criminal facilities for Williams' death, has set a telephone planning conference on March 14.
Chalker has planned a hearing for plea/conviction for April 4.
Jamall Russell, a former prison officer who is charged with abuse of residents of criminal facilities and in the public office for Maier's death, has a telephone planning conference for April 7.
Hepp, the former guard, who is charged with misconduct in the public office for Maier's death, has planned a telephone planning conference for April 8.
Hollfelder, who is charged with abuse of residents of criminal facilities for Maier's death, has a telephone planning conference for April 14.
Before her trial, Hosfelt has a telephone planning conference for July 25th and a conference in front of the building for August 15.

Contact Kelli Arseneau at 920-213-3721 or karseau@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @Arseaukelli.

Court proceedings against the former Waupun prison sister; 8 cases of employees are continued

What are the details about Maiers and Williams' deaths?

What are the next hearing dates for every defendant?

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