A reader called this situation a “mess” and asked how we got here and what can be done to fix it. The road to mass ...

This system is known as “truth in sentencing” and has been in effect in Wisconsin since 2000. The truth-in-sentencing law was approved in 1998 and had broad bipartisan support at the time.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is proposing a roughly $500 million overhaul of the state's prison system. It would close two of the state's oldest prisons.

Wisconsin Gov. Evers proposes closing 19th-century prison, overhauling corrections system February 17, 2025 / 10:22 AM CST / AP Local orgs offer ways to stay warm amid extreme cold, and more headlines ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison, built in the 1800s and long targeted for closure, would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov.

Wisconsin's Jackson Correctional Institution, where unsafe levels of PFAS were found in the drinking water, is requesting $14 million for a new filtration system. The Town of Brockway, which ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — 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 ...