For the next century, Wisconsin’s prison population rarely climbed above 3,000, even as the state population grew. But as America declared the “War on Drugs” in the 1970s and set laws cracking down on ...

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is confronting the long-standing issues of overcrowding and staffing in the state’s ...

A Wisconsin man was sentenced to life in prison for killing his cellmate. Investigators said the man killed his cellmate because he was Black and gay. He is already serving a 20-year prison term for ...

MADISON, Wis. — An 18-year-old inmate who pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of a guard at a Wisconsin juvenile prison was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison. Rian Nyblom pleaded ...

Wisconsin's prison population is growing steadily older, which is likely to further exacerbate the state's corrections spending in the coming years, according to a new report by the Wisconsin Policy ...

The number of inmates over 60 years old has increased sixfold. It follows a trend of the prison population getting older.

A Wisconsin man doing time for trying to kill his mother was sentenced Friday to life in prison for strangling his cellmate. A jury found Jackson Vogel, 25, guilty of first-degree intentional homicide ...

A group of Wisconsinites organizes a "headlight caravan" outside a local women's prison. It's a show of solidarity for the women inside the prison to let them know they're not forgotten.

Prosecutors have reduced a felony misconduct charge against a former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in two inmate deaths to a misdemeanor as part of a plea deal, online court records indicated ...

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is confronting long-standing issues of overcrowding and staff recruitment with major ...

Responding to staffing shortages that imperiled guards and staff, Wisconsin lawmakers in 2023 significantly increased pay for corrections officers — hoping to retain and attract more workers to the ...