When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

Judge Susan Crawford could have given a convicted child molester more than 100 years in prison. Instead, she gave him a ...

Under the Illinois public records law, AP obtained a list of 406 inmates housed at Stateville as of August 2024 and matched ...

PIT counts conducted by volunteers don't accurately capture the homeless population in Wisconsin, especially in rural areas.

MENOMONIE, Wis. (AP) — A Minnesota man accused of helping his son hide four bodies in a Wisconsin cornfield has been sentenced to 16 years in prison, online court records show. Dunn County ...

To submit letters, email [email protected], visit postcrescent.com or mail to P.O. Box 59, Appleton, WI 54912.

Wisconsin's Ben Wikler finished second Saturday to Minnesota's Ken Martin in the competition to chair the Democratic National Committee.

Matthew David Keirans, 59, of Hartland, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty last April to federal charges of aggravated identify theft and making false statements to a National Credit Union Administration ...

With a mixture of hope and skepticism from families and advocates, an external review of the state's beleaguered Department of Corrections is underway. The Chicago-based Falcon Correctional and ...

People incarcerated at Wisconsin prisons, like Waupan Correctional Institution pictured above, pay for phone and video calls to loved ones, sometimes to the tune of thousands of dollars.

Matthew David Keirans, 59, of Hartland, Wisconsin, pleaded guilty last April to federal charges of aggravated identify theft and making false statements to a National Credit Union Administration ...