A federal judge has sentenced a Wisconsin man accused of smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies to a year and a day in ...

Increased use of compassionate release could ease costs and crowding with minimal risks to public safety, experts say. But it remains off limits to many prisoners.

A Wisconsin man accused of smuggling lab equipment to Russian companies will spend the next year in federal prison.

Jaytaiz Polk, a Milwaukee man on federal supervised release, is wanted after being charged in a domestic abuse case just two ...

Wisconsin is now one step closer to closing its last remaining youth prison facility, Gov. Tony Evers announced Thursday.

Wisconsin prison officials have reached a key milestone in overhauling a troubled youth correctional facility.

Monitors found no youth inmates were confined to their rooms for more than three days and they were getting sufficient time outside of their cells.

As a recent article in the Journal Sentinel pointed out, the only way to improve the conditions for everyone in this state is to reduce the prison population (“Prison staffing unsolved,” July 14) . We ...

We’re talking about a major, major industry in our society today,” activist and writer Bianca Tylek told a group of about 20 ...

MADISON, Wis. — An 18-year-old inmate who pleaded guilty to charges related to the death of a guard at a Wisconsin juvenile prison was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison. Rian Nyblom pleaded ...

Wiccan prison chaplain's failed hostage plot leads to sex assault, drug charges. Sept. 15, 2011— -- A Wiccan prison chaplain who allegedly hatched a plan to fake a hostage situation with an ...

A 35-year-old Milwaukee man accused of putting superglue in his co-worker's soda will avoid prison time. According to a ...