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 ...

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 ...

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 million ...

Tony Evers will ultimately need approval from Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature if he wants to make his half-billion dollar plan to reorganize Wisconsin’s prison system a reality.

“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.

Shivering at night on a wet prison floor, the men sing Kyrie eleison; thunder and lightning crack through the sky, and a dove flits across the horizon. “The more they were tortured,” the ...

BLAIR COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Plans for a new Blair County Prison are in the works. On Thursday, county commissioners were presented with a prison feasibility study, conducted by TranSystems.