Putting more older people in prison has increased prison costs.

By David Thomas and Andrew Goudsward MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, July 8 (Reuters) - A former Wisconsin judge was sentenced to no ...

A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows the incarceration rate among people 60 and older increased by six times from 2000 to 2023, jumping from 330 to 1,960. In that same time, the share of ...

A Wisconsin teen was charged with killing a prison guard during a fistfight. The teen pleaded guilty/not guilty by reason of mental disease. Another inmate at the youth prison pleaded guilty and was ...

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OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- An inmate at Oshkosh Correctional Institution died after police say he assaulted another inmate. Authorities say a physical disturbance involving three inmates happened just before 3 ...

Officials are investigating the death of an inmate at the Columbia County Jail.

Wisconsin inmates are getting older, and that’s costing the state millions. A report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum shows the incarceration rate among people 60 and older increased by six times from ...