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  • GOP Bill Could Send Thousands of Wisconsin Residents Back To Prison

    Flags, potted plants and barbed wire fencing can be seen outside Oakhill Correctional Institution on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, in Oregon, Wis. Angela Major/WPR Mar 20th, 2025 by Sarah Lehr
  • Should State Corrections Workers Be Paid for Pre- and Post-Shift Tasks?

    Corrections officer graduates sit at their graduation ceremony Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, at Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPR Mar 17th, 2025 by Sarah Lehr
  • MKE County: Two Key Issues Driving County’s Poor Budget Picture

    Milwaukee County Jail. Photo by Jeramey Jannene. Mar 14th, 2025 by Graham Kilmer
  • Judge Orders Wisconsin Prison System to Provide Program for Moms and Babies

    Robert E. Ellsworth Correctional Center. Photo from the Department of Corrections. Mar 1st, 2025 by Sarah Lehr
  • Evers Budget Removes State Senate Power to Block His Political Appointees

    Gov. Tony Evers delivers the State of the State address Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025, at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wis. Angela Major/WPR Feb 26th, 2025 by Rich Kremer
  • Evers Wants Ombudsperson to Oversee Wisconsin Prison System

    The Wisconsin Department of Corrections administration building in Madison, Wis. Michelle Johnson/WPR Feb 25th, 2025 by Sarah Lehr
  • The State of Politics: Prison Reforms Impact Many Legislators

    Green Bay Correctional Institution. Photo from the Department of Corrections. Feb 24th, 2025 by Steven Walters
  • Evers’ Prison Plan Receives Mixed Reviews

    The Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez, built in the 1890s, is Wisconsin’s second-oldest state prison. Rauglothgor/Wikimedia Commons Feb 21st, 2025 by WPR Staff
  • Evers Calls for $500 Million Corrections Overhaul

    Green Bay Correctional Institution. Patty Murray/WPR Feb 16th, 2025 by Anya van Wagtendonk
  • Dane County Will No Longer Send Immigration Data to the Feds

    U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. (Public Domain). Feb 5th, 2025 by Sarah Lehr
  • Waupun Prison Employees Fired Amid Federal Smuggling Investigation

    The Waupun Correctional Institution on Friday, Oct. 27, 2023, in Waupun, Wis. Angela Major/WPR Jan 31st, 2025 by Sarah Lehr
  • Milwaukee Is Losing a Generation of Black Men To Drug Crisis

    Kenneth Ginlack, executive director of Serenity Inns, poses outside a facility that houses men in a drug treatment program on Milwaukee’s North Side. The organization helps men by providing up to 20 hours of mental health and substance use treatment each week. (Andy Manis for Wisconsin Watch) Jan 31st, 2025 by Edgar Mendez and Devin Blake
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