Department of Corrections

The Wisconsin Innocence Project is ending the year with some key victories including helping with the release of two men who each spent decades in prison but the wins highlight a long-standing systemic problem

WAUPUN, Wis. (AP) — A former employee at a troubled Wisconsin prison has pleaded guilty to smuggling contraband into the maximum-security prison.

According to prosecutors, a 16-year-old inmate punched Corey Proulx during a fight at the facility in northern Wisconsin in June, causing Proulx's head to hit the concrete pavement

State Department of Corrections spokesperson Beth Hardtke said the fight happened Monday evening at the Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake Schools, the state's youth prison in Irma.

With a “Shawshank Redemption”-style stone exterior and high castle-like guard towers, Wisconsin's oldest prison, built in the 1850s, has long been a target for closure amid concerns about deterioration, extended lockdowns and staffing shortfalls

The warden at a troubled Wisconsin prison will step down later this month amid lockdown conditions, an ongoing federal investigation and multiple inmate deaths

Gov. Tony Evers is promoting a deputy secretary at the embattled Wisconsin Department of Corrections to be the new leader of the state’s prison system.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another inmate has been found dead at a troubled Wisconsin prison, the fourth in the last eight months.

An extreme shortage of guards at Wisconsin’s prisons slowed basic operations to a crawl. Inmates escaped, prisons locked down and conditions deteriorated.

A small ceremony last week celebrated the graduation of a unique group of students at Nicolet College last week.