Department of Corrections

Milwaukee Legislators Draft Bills to Improve State Prison Conditions

16 bills range from rights to sunlight to county-control of jails.

Building Commission OKs Planning Funds to Reorganize Wisconsin Prisons

$15 million approved despite Republican objections to parts of the plan.

Despite Rapidly Aging Prison Population, Wisconsin Rarely Grants Compassionate Release

Individuals with terminal illnesses or declining health find themselves dying in prison.

For The First Time, Wisconsin’s Youth Prisons Are Fully Compliant With Required Reforms

Prison system now fully complying with 2017 court order.

Man Jailed For Threatening To Blow Up Wisconsin Capitol

Individual, 33, is accused of violating probation, making a terrorist threat

Why Evers’ Prison Overhaul Plan Died

Ambitious plan to modernize state prison system was 'pencil whipped' to death.

Rep. Ryan Clancy Announces Bills Addressing Inhumane Practices in Wisconsin Prisons and Jails

“Conditions of Confinement” Package Would Require Prison and Jail Access, Free Communications, Hot Showers, Access to Sunlight and Outdoors, Among Other Protections

Evers veto a win for violent offenders

State Building Commission Releases Funding Gov. Evers Requested to Revamp Corrections Facilities

More than $700 million approved for key state projects across UW System and corrections, among others

Gov. Evers Announces Evers Administration to Move Forward with Comprehensive Plans to Revamp Corrections Facilities

State Building Commission poised to take up key capital budget investments to move forward toward governor’s comprehensive plan announced earlier this year to revamp state’s correctional facilities

Gov. Evers, DOC Celebrate Successful Reforms at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools

Evers Administration reaches full compliance with consent decree after years of implementing dozens of reforms ordered by courts in the wake of Walker-era child abuse scandals

Representative Shelia Stubbs Votes Against Proposed State Budget