For years, Wisconsin's prison system has been in a state of turmoil with reports of poor mental health and health care access, never-ending lockdowns, increased assaults and misconduct, and ...

Most of the jobs available to Wisconsin prisoners are paid not in dollars, but cents. Minimum wage laws don’t apply behind bars, so some people scrub toilets for less than a quarter an hour. But one ...

Wisconsin Department of Correction Secretary Jared Hoy was one of the keynote speakers at the EXPO gala. Jared Hoy, Secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections, offered something the crowd ...

The mother of the 19-year-old prisoner who was killed at Green Bay Correctional Institution in August has filed a federal lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and prison officials, ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Wisconsin law enforcement will be paying extra attention to sex offenders this trick-or-treating season, according to the Department of Corrections. The DOC and other state law ...

MADISON, Wis. - Secretary Kevin A. Carr, who was appointed by Governor Tony Evers in 2019 as head of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and helped lead the agency through the COVID-19 pandemic ...

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says a plan for changes in confinement at the state's juvenile prisons will give the department time to train staff on the new policies. The department promised ...

Three people incarcerated at Wisconsin corrections facilities will each be paid $15,000 as part of a settlement agreement stemming from complaints that inmates with hearing disabilities didn't have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DOC has long been criticized for its lack of transparency when it comes to reporting in-custody deaths, including how and when ...

KILLINGS WHILE TRYING TO ROB THE BAR. THE HEAD OF WISCONSIN’S DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS RETIRING. KEVIN CARR, SPENT 40 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE STATE AFTER STARTING HIS CAREER WITH THE ...