Shrinking vacancies for correctional officers has given the Department of Corrections a new challenge: a shortage of ...

Jared Hoy, Secretary of the Department of Corrections (DOC), appeared before the Assembly Committee on Corrections Wednesday ...

The Wisconsin Building Commission unanimously signed off on spending $15 million to start a design process that would overhaul the state’s corrections system. It begins the design phase for six ...

A Wisconsin teen who killed a prison guard during a fistfight has pleaded guilty to reckless homicide but is claiming he's ...

(WLUK) -- An overhaul of Wisconsin's aging corrections system is another step closer to reality, and the plan includes closing Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI). After a unanimous vote Tuesday ...

MADISON — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ sweeping plan to overhaul Wisconsin’s aging prison system, which includes closing a prison built in the 1800s, moved forward Tuesday with bipartisan support ...

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' sweeping plan to overhaul Wisconsin's aging prison system, which includes closing a prison built in the 1800s, moved forward Tuesday with bipartisan support despite ...

MADISON, (WKOW) — Advocates gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol Saturday to call on Gov. Tony Evers and state legislators to advance what they call a “justice reinvestment” agenda aimed at ...

RACINE — Lamarion Blair, one of the two people accused in connection to the June 2, 2022, shooting at Graceland Cemetery, was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in Wisconsin State Prison. Following ...

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