Operation Lone Star has unleashed a windfall for private contractors cashing in on a four-year-long emergency shopping spree.

It was also running out of prison space, according to a consultant hired to prepare a statewide facility plan. That report from Omaha, Nebraska-based DLR Group was released publicly about a month ...

A sixth inmate has died at a troubled maximum security prison in southern Wisconsin MADISON, Wis. -- A sixth inmate has died at Wisconsin's oldest prison, less than a year after the then-warden ...

The maximum security prison was built in the 1850s. Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike have been calling for years to close it. Concerns about local job losses and the cost of building a ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Another inmate has died at Wisconsin's oldest prison, the seventh since 2023 and less than a year after the then-warden and multiple members of his staff were charged with ...

A former prison worker pleaded guilty in September to smuggling cellphones, tobacco and drugs into the facility in exchange for money. Waupun inmates have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A seventh inmate has died at a troubled maximum security prison in southern Wisconsin. The state Department of Corrections offender website notes that 23-year-old Damien ...