A bill that would borrow $42 million to pay for a new juvenile youth prison to be located in Milwaukee County appears unlikely to pass the Legislature this session.

Gov. Tony Evers and his fellow Democratic lawmakers have introduced a series of proposals designed to reduce overcrowded prisons, but without support from Republican leaders they are unlikely to gain momentum in the GOP-controlled Legislature.

A township in Michigan's Upper Peninsula is suing to stop the closing of a local prison.

A corrections employee is accused of having sexual contact with an inmate at the Oshkosh prison.

Kemesha Harper's future is bright. The La Crosse woman is on track to graduate from Western Technical College in La Crosse this spring with a degree in human services. She wants to work with at-risk youth.

The Wisconsin Assembly plans to approve the hiring of additional prosecutors and the borrowing of $350 million to build a new adult prison to help ease overcrowding as part of a flurry of anti-crime bills scheduled for votes this week.

Lance Brown was hungry and homeless, so he decided to get thrown in jail by hurling a brick through a glass door at the Columbus courthouse building.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Republican Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that ends an early prison release program put in place by Democrats two years ago. Walker signed the bill Tuesday at the Wisconsin State Patrol’s Eau Claire office. Repealing the program passed the Republican-controlled Legislature earlier this year with bipartisan support. Former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle proposed the ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — State lawmakers are debating a Republican bill to end former Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle’s early prison release program. The Assembly is considering the measure. The Senate passed it last month. Doyle introduced early release in his last state budget. The program allows well-behaved inmates to move onto extended supervision sooner as a means of alleviating prison ...

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DENA POTTER Associated Press DILLWYN, Va. (AP) — Crouched in her cell, Ophelia De’lonta hoped three green disposable razors from the prison commissary would give her what the Virginia Department of Corrections will not — a sex change. It had been several years since she had felt the urges, but she had been fighting them for weeks. But like ...

To say that Governor Scott Walker’s proposed biennial budget has gotten a little attention is a huge understatement. But little attention has focused on the immediate impact it will have on inmates serving sentences in Wisconsin prisons.

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A Milwaukee County prosecutor says there are ways for state lawmakers to improve the criminal-justice system while still saving money. District attorney John Chisholm said he has a plan that will bring down prison costs and also ensure the county remains safe. In a speech Friday, Chisholm suggested that sentencing guidelines be loosened to give judges more ...