Prison News | Wisconsin

• Education & Rehabilitation
• Executions, Death Row, & the Death Penalty
• Gangs in Prison
• Health & Medical Treatment
• Prison Classification, Placement, and Release
• Prison Conditions & Corruption
• Prison Life & Prison Culture
• Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
• Suicides in Prison
• Workplace & Industry News and Science & Tech

Education & Rehabilitation

• 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....[more]
  Milwaukee Courier, Sunday, September 21, 2014
  
  
• 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....[more]
  Post Crescent, Monday, July 28, 2014
  
  

Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty

• 82-year-old suspect in 1976 shooting arrested in Wisconsin
  
  SILVER CLIFF, Wis. – Wisconsin authorities have arrested an 82-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a young couple 43 years ago....[more]
  Fox News, Saturday, March 16, 2019
  
  

Gangs in Prison

Health & Medical Treatment

Prison Classification, Placement, & Release

• 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....[more]
  WSAU.com, Saturday, June 1, 2019
  
  
• 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....[more]
  Associated Press, Thursday, August 22, 2013
  
  
• 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 ......[more]
  Associated Press, Sunday, July 28, 2013
  
  

Prison Conditions & Corruption

• 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....[more]
  US News, Thursday, February 28, 2019
  
  
• 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....[more]
  Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal, Wednesday, July 10, 2013
  
  
• 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....[more]
  Associated Press, Tuesday, July 9, 2013
  
  
• 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....[more]
  Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal, Thursday, June 20, 2013
  
  

Prison Life & Culture

• Prison inmates train guide dogs
  
  OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - Eight dogs, ranging in age from 9 weeks to 2 years, are in training to become working companions. And their training ground might surprise you....[more]
  Associated Press, Monday, May 26, 2014
  
  

Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes

• UPDATE: Inmate back in custody after escaping work-release
  
  OSHKOSH, Wis. (WAOW) — Oshkosh police are asking the public to be on the lookout for an inmate that walked escaped custody during a work-release program Tuesday. A post on the department’s Facebook page says Bradley L. Webie, 35, was dropped off on the 200 block of Power Drive in Berlin for his work shift at approximately 5:30am....[more]
  waow.com, Tuesday, November 5, 2019
  
  

Suicides in Prison

Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News

• Contract Awards: Wisconsin Department of Corrections Awards Contract for Domestic Violence Group Services to ATTIC Correctional Services
  
  MADISON, Wis., Aug. 21 -- Wisconsin Department of Corrections has awarded a contract (No. SN-4188) to ATTIC Correctional Services Inc. on Aug. 20 for the domestic violence group services in Madison and Monroe....[more]
  US Fed News, Wednesday, August 21, 2013