A woman pleaded no contest to first-degree intentional homicide on Monday. Prosecutors accused her of beating her cellmate to death in 2024. She was serving a two-year sentence for battery out of ...

A recently released report details problems at Wisconsin prisons including high staff turnover, overcrowding and issues with solitary confinement.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. — A prisoner accused of beating her cellmate to death at Wisconsin's women's prison almost two years ago pleaded no contest Monday to homicide. Prosecutors charged 29-year-old Taylor ...

October 2025 brought a pivotal moment for Chelsea O’Donnell, daughter of comedian Rosie O’Donnell, as a Wisconsin court ...

At about 7 p.m. at Columbia Correctional Institution on June 9, 2021, Paul Ammerman lost consciousness in his prison cell, where he was in solitary confinement. Earlier, he'd told staff he didn't feel ...

I don't think Wisconsin can afford to drag its feet while people are dying… It is high time for there to be some political urgency around the closure of these prisons and a real, committed goal to ...

Under scrutiny over prison deaths and living conditions, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections has received recommendations ...

MADISON — 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 ...

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — An inmate at Wisconsin's women's prison accused of brutally beating her cellmate to death will spend the rest of her life behind bars. Fond du Lac County Circuit Judge Tricia ...