When it comes to reshaping Wisconsin's prisons, there are two ideas just about everyone seems to support. However, beyond closing Green Bay Correctional Institution and repurposing ...

After Green Bay Correctional closure, staff would be eligible to continue to work for Department of Corrections.

After Green Bay Correctional closure, staff would be eligible to continue to work for Department of Corrections.

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Proposed Right to Repair legislation dovetails AG's decision to join lawsuit against John Deere alleging monopoly on repairs to farm equipment.

Republicans have already declared the budget "dead on arrival." But some version of the budget is likely to survive by the ...

Gov. Tony Evers’ newest plan for Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections system proposes closing the Green Bay Correctional ...

The plan would complete a Dane County youth facility, convert Lincoln Hills from juveniles to adults and renovate Waupun’s troubled prison.

Last summer, the Dodge County Sheriff’s Office exposed major operational and systematic deficiencies within the Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) as part of four death investigations that ...

Gov. Tony Evers wants to shut down Green Bay Correctional Institution while transforming Waupun Correctional Institution.

As part of his budget proposal, Evers wants to spend $243 million to overhaul the prison by 2031. He would temporarily close it to demolish cell halls, build modern housing for 600 people at "medium ...

Wisconsin's second-oldest prison, built in the 1800s and long targeted for closure, would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony Evers that proposes sweeping changes to the state's ...