Current and former inmates, plus Republican lawmakers, expressed excitement Monday about the possibility of Green Bay Correctional closing. A few remain skeptical that it will come to fruition.

"There's so many other steps that have to come after this for some action to really ... make us believe that it's true," a former prisoner said.

Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency during the search process.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers is proposing a roughly $500 million overhaul of the state's prison system. It would close two of ...

The plan would complete a Dane County youth facility, convert Lincoln Hills from juveniles to adults and renovate Waupun’s ...