Racine woman sentenced to prison after kids found in 'deplorable' conditions

Racine mother sentenced to 6 years in prison after children found malnourished in basement

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Racine woman sentenced to prison after kids found in 'deplorable' conditions

A Racine mother will spend the next two years behind bars after she was sentenced on two counts each of Chronic Child Neglect and Mistreatment of Animals Resulting in Death.In the summer of 2023, authorities found Sandra Lemke had three of her children living amidst piles of garbage, buckets full of human waste, and two dead dogs, decaying just feet away from where they slept.I hate myself every day for what I've done, Lemke said in court Friday…