Steven Avery, the man serving a life sentence after being convicted of killing a woman in Manitowoc County in 2005 and profiled in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer,” was
Gov. Tony Evers Tuesday, at a stop on the Department of Health Services’ Thank You Tour for Public Health Workers, announced new investments for emergency response projects under the previously
This money will go toward supporting fire station construction and expansion, emergency medical services (EMS) and emergency medical response (EMR) program support and expansion projects, and a permanent drive-through immunization
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‘We cannot be termed ‘prison city’ anymore as we need to diversify our economic broad base’
The Waupun prison sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood (Photo | Wisconsin Examiner)
As Wisconsin continues to explore the path forward toward criminal justice reform, the state’s oldest prison maintains a unique place in the debate. Waupun Correctional Institution (WCI), was built in 1854, when the first permanent structure of the prison was constructed. Some 954 people are currently incarcerated within its walls, which are designed to hold 882. Central to the debate over whether it’s time to close WCI is the prison’s role in the economy and identity of the surrounding communities.