Department of Corrections

Rep. Darrin Madison Applauds Fair Hearing for Legislation Improving Conditions in Jails and Prisons

Gov. Evers Highlights 2025 Accomplishments

Oshkosh Sex Offender Indicted on Federal Child Sex Offenses

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

WEC Mails Postcards to Inactive Voters

Governor’s Interagency Council on Mental Health Seeks Public Input

Council is creating a statewide action plan to improve the mental health of Wisconsinites

Republican Lawmakers Poised to Gut Most Pro-Kid Budget in State History During 2025 the Year of the Kid

Republicans to reject middle-class tax cuts, property tax relief to prevent property tax increases statewide, plans to lower out-of-pocket costs for child care, medication, and household goods, measures to crack down on prescription price gouging and health insurance transparency, investments to improve kids’ reading and literacy outcomes, support for Wisconsin’s farmers and veterans, efforts to get harmful contaminants out of Wisconsinites’ water, statewide plans to improve public safety and keep kids and families safe, and measures to bolster high-need sectors of the workforce, among other key priorities