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 ...

Nathan McDonnell, a 44-year-old former Ballyseedy garden centre owner in Tralee, was assaulted by notorious gangland figure Glen Thompson at Portlaoise Prison ... a safety plan is put in place ...

Evers included changes to the state prison system in his proposed budget released last week. The plan includes expanding the state’s earned release program for eligible inmates, as well as ...

I know that the population of our state prison system is bursting at the seams," said Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt. There is no plan to replace ... mice crawl on the floor and sometimes ...

It is an important development that possible sites for a new Blair County prison — three total — have been identified. However, what is even more important is that the three current elected ...

Current law requires a person who has been exonerated after spending years in prison for a crime they didn't commit to find a legislative sponsor to introduce a compensation resolution.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Republican Sen. Chris Karr asked a Department of Corrections official Monday morning what the plan was if the prison funding and construction bill did not pass the ...

Tony Evers’ prison reform plan is hitting a wall with Republican lawmakers whose votes he’ll need. Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt is also criticizing key elements of Evers’ nearly $500 ...

“But the current plan is flawed. If we are going to invest in prison facilities ... unanimous agreement in sending HB 1025 to the House floor without recommendation. Republican Rep.