Prison News | Wisconsin
Recent events, organized by category (below) or region/state (right), concerning the corrections industry in Wisconsin. Comments, suggestions and contributions (below) appreciated.
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Education & Rehabilitation
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Panel Discusses Link Between Education, Incarceration and Job Opportunities
On Friday, September 12, a distinguished panel of guests and academics gathered at the Helen Bader Foundation in downtown Milwaukee to discuss the economic and social issues faced by incarcerated men and women in the state of Wisconsin....
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Milwaukee Courier,
Sunday, September 21, 2014
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Poll: Prisons struggling with inmate rehabilitation
The poll released last week asked 804 registered Wisconsin voters to rate how they think the system is doing at turning inmates into contributing members of society. A little more than 41 percent said the system was doing a fair job and 31 percent said the state was doing a poor job. Almost 18 percent said it was doing a good job and 3.6 percent said it was doing an excellent job....
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Post Crescent,
Monday, July 28, 2014
Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty
Gangs in Prison
No recent news for Wisconsin in this category.
Health & Medical Treatment
No recent news for Wisconsin in this category.
Prison Classification, Placement, & Release
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Patterson transferred to Waupun prison
WAUPUN, WI (WSAU) -- Jake Patterson has been sent to a southeast Wisconsin prison to begin his life sentence for two counts of homicide and kidnapping....
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WSAU.com,
Saturday, June 1, 2019
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Audit faults DHS for lack of housing policy
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state Department of Health Services could save money by establishing a written policy to identify housing for sexually violent offenders in the supervised release program, a nonpartisan audit released Thursday said....
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Associated Press,
Thursday, August 22, 2013
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Wisconsin Department of Corrections tracks sex offenders, drunken drivers
Wisconsin law requires the state Department of Corrections to use electronic monitoring to track certain sex offenders, probationers, parolees and repeat drunken drivers. In addition to DOC, most Wisconsin sheriffs allow some offenders ......
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Associated Press,
Sunday, July 28, 2013
Prison Conditions & Corruption
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Overflow Barracks, but No New Prison, in Evers Budget
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tony Evers doesn't plan to build any new prisons to accommodate Wisconsin's burgeoning inmate population. Evers released his budget Thursday. The spending plan doesn't call for building a new facility, or replacing the aging prison in Green Bay....
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US News,
Thursday, February 28, 2019
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Marathon County Jail is Unsafe: Review Ordered After Inmate Attacked a Corrections Officer
The Marathon County jail is unsafe and needs a wholesale culture change, according to a citizen review panel formed after a corrections officer was injured in an attack....
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Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal,
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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Citizen review panel finds Marathon County jail unsafe
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) - The Marathon County jail is unsafe and needs a wholesale culture change, according to a citizen review panel formed after a corrections officer was injured in an attack....
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Associated Press,
Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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EX-STATE EMPLOYEE CHARGED WITH THEFT; HE FACES EIGHT FELONIES, INCLUDING CREDIT FRAUD
A former state Department of Corrections worker was charged Wednesday with eight felonies for allegedly misusing his state- issued credit card for unauthorized purchases....
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Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal,
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Prison Life & Culture
Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
Suicides in Prison
No recent news for Wisconsin in this category.
Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News
