After Green Bay Correctional closure, staff would be eligible to continue to work for Department of Corrections.

Gov. Tony Evers' plan to close the decrepit Green Bay prison and rebuild the Waupun prison hinges on closing the troubled ...

Nothing would be off the table for future negotiations, said Rep. David Steffen, in what will be a protracted debate.

A correctional officer was seriously burned July 18, 2016, after a prisoner at Green Bay Correctional Institution threw a pot ...

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

Evers' proposal would spend $245.3 million to convert Waupun's prison into a medium-security institution that would become ...

When it comes to reshaping Wisconsin's prisons, there are two ideas just about everyone seems to support. However, beyond closing Green Bay Correctional Institution and repurposing ...

Wisconsin's second-oldest prison that was built in the 1800s would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony Evers.

The plan includes converting juvenile facilities, restructuring security levels and expanding early release programs.

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.

Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison that was built in the 1800s would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Governor Tony ...

Gov. Tony Evers is pushing for prison reform in his biennial budget. The plan calls for closing the prison in Green Bay and ...