Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DOC has long been criticized for its lack of transparency when it comes to reporting in-custody deaths, including how and when ...

Clayton Welte, 27, died of a drug overdose in Racine Correctional Institution in March 2023. Welte's family reported his erratic behavior and requests for money before his death. The Wisconsin DOC has ...

WISCONSIN (CBS 58) -- The Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) announced Friday that it is reopening facilities for in-person visitation. Citing a continued decrease in levels of Covid-19 ...

MADISON, Wis. - A third Wisconsin Department of Corrections (DOC) inmate has died after contracting COVID-19, the Fond du Lac County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed on Thursday, Oct. 22. The ...

The Wisconsin DOC does random home visits on high-risk sex offenders. Agents will arrest any offenders who do not follow rules during trick-or-treat hours. The goal is to make sure families can focus ...

MADISON, Wis. — Citing HIPAA laws, the Wisconsin Department of Corrections leaves it up to medical examiners and coroners to disclose inmate deaths of those who have tested positive for COVID-19. That ...

ANAMOSA, Iowa (KWWL) -- The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is showing its support for staff at the Anamosa State Penitentiary after two staff members were killed by two inmates in a failed escape ...

MADISON, Wis. — The state Department of Corrections is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine to those visiting loved ones at select correctional facilities. In-person visits resumed July 6 at DOC ...

During a pilot program, inmates at one prison complained of letters cut off at the margins and slow delivery times. State of Wisconsin DOC Wisconsin prison inmates will begin receiving photocopies of ...

MADISON, Wis. - Secretary Kevin A. Carr, who was appointed by Governor Tony Evers in 2019 as head of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections and helped lead the agency through the COVID-19 pandemic ...

KILLINGS WHILE TRYING TO ROB THE BAR. THE HEAD OF WISCONSIN’S DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS IS RETIRING. KEVIN CARR, SPENT 40 YEARS IN PUBLIC SERVICE IN THE STATE AFTER STARTING HIS CAREER WITH THE ...