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 ...

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.

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. — The mother of an inmate who died of dehydration and malnutrition at Wisconsin's oldest maximum security prison last year has filed a federal lawsuit, marking the fourth action brought ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...