Wisconsin Department of Corrections

The planned youth correctional site on the northwest side of Milwaukee would help replace facilities in northern Wisconsin.

A new Milwaukee-area juvenile detention facility to help replace the troubled Lincoln Hills center is a step closer to reality. The state Senate gave final legislative approval Tuesday. But Democratic Sen. Lena Taylor opposes using the Chaney Correctional Center location on Milwaukee's north side.

Wisconsin corrections officials said Tuesday they are closing part of the Waupun prison and transferring inmates to other facilities as they deal with…

The FBI confirms that it has dispatched agents to Lincoln Hills School for Boys to investigate claims of assaults against juveniles and of management…

The list of potential crimes being alleged at Lincoln Hills School for Boys is disturbing according to Jason Stein, one of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel…

The religious coalition WISDOM is delivering demands Wednesday to the Department of Corrections, including that it consider parole for 3,000…