Waupun inmates sue over lockdown
Lawsuit was filed in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Nearly all Wisconsin prisoners who got virus have recovered
Nearly every inmate and worker in a Wisconsin prison who tested positive for COVID-19 has recovered, the state Department of Corrections reported on Monday.
Wisconsin prisons increase COVID-19 testing, quarantines
All prisoners and staff in Wisconsin's 36 adult prisons will be tested for COVID-19 under the state Department of Corrections' plan to resume more normal operations.
Correctional staff shortage adds up to costly overtime
A shortage of correctional officers to work in Wisconsin's prisons cost taxpayers more than $42 million in overtime last year.
Judge orders inmate’s force feeding to continue
A judge has ordered forced feeding to continue for a Waupun prison inmate who says the practice is punishment.
Inmates plan hunger strike to protest solitary confinement (UPDATE)
A small group of Wisconsin prison inmates plan to launch a hunger strike this week in hopes of persuading the Department of Corrections to eliminate long-term solitary confinement, likening it to torture.
Legal News
- Former law enforcement praise state’s response brief in Steven Avery case
- Eric Toney announces re-election bid for Fond du Lac County District Attorney
- Former Wisconsin Democratic Rep. Peter Barca announces new bid for Congress
- Republicans file lawsuit challenging Evers’s partial vetoes to literacy bill
- More human remains believed those of missing woman wash up on Milwaukee Co. beach
- Vice President Harris returning to Wisconsin for third visit this year
- Wisconsin joins Feds, dozens of states to hold airlines accountable for bad behavior
- Trump ahead of Biden in new Marquette poll
- Bankruptcy court approves Milwaukee Marriott Downtown ‘business as usual’ motion
- New Crime Gun Intelligence Center to launch in Chicago
- Arrest warrant proposed for Minocqua Brewing owner who filed Lawsuit against Town of Minocqua
- Wisconsin Supreme Court justices question how much power Legislature should have
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