Family and friends filed into the visiting room to witness their loved ones earn college degrees. It was a milestone for the ...

Graduation ceremonies at two Wisconsin prisons this week recognize the first UW bachelor’s degrees for incarcerated people ...

The Universities of Wisconsin system has awarded its first bachelor's degrees to incarcerated students in more than 50 years through a ...

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is confronting the long-standing issues of overcrowding and staffing in the state’s ...

(WLUK) -- An overhaul of Wisconsin's aging corrections system is another step closer to reality, and the plan includes closing Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI). After a unanimous vote Tuesday ...

The number of inmates over 60 years old has increased sixfold. It follows a trend of the prison population getting older.

Democratic Gov. Tony Evers' sweeping plan to overhaul Wisconsin's aging prison system, which includes closing a prison built in the 1800s, moved forward Tuesday with bipartisan support despite ...

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