Articles tagged with corrections

Fri, May 04, 2012

Walker to study corrections reform

MADISON (WSAU) Governor Scott Walker has formed a new council that will try to make Wisconsin’s criminal justice system better. Attorney General J-B ...

Thu, May 03, 2012

HBO Nixes Ewan McGregor's Series 'The Corrections'

By Margaret Hartmann, Hollywood.com Staff

While the book turned TV series Game of Thrones is one of HBO's most successful projects ever ...

Wed, May 02, 2012

HBO Nixes Ewan McGregor's Series 'The Corrections'

By Margaret Hartmann, Hollywood.com Staff

While the book turned TV series Game of Thrones is one of HBO's most successful projects ever ...

Wed, January 04, 2012

Female corrections officer charged with having sex with inmate

WAUPUN, WI (WTAQ) - A state prison officer at Waupun is free on a signature bond, after being accused of having an 18-month sexual relationship ...

Mon, October 31, 2011

Corrections Department warns sex offenders

UNDATED (WSAU) It’s not just trick-or-treaters who are knocking on doors this Halloween. State agents and local police are visiting the homes of ...

Thu, September 01, 2011

Three top juvenile corrections officials suspended

UNDATED (WSAU) Three top officials at the state juvenile corrections’ office in Milwaukee have been put on paid administrative leave. The Journal Sentinel says ...

Wed, June 01, 2011

Two juvenile corrections facilities closer to shutdown

UNDATED -- Two of Wisconsin’s three juvenile corrections’ facilities are closer to being shut down. On a 12-to-4 party line vote yesterday, Republicans on ...

Sun, February 27, 2011

Ex-Corrections Officer Guilty of Having Sex With Prisoners

FOND DU LAC COUNTY, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former officer at Taycheedah Correctional Institution could be sentenced up to 240 years for having sexual contact ...

Fri, February 04, 2011

State Corrections' Officials "Ahead of the Curve" in Reducing Sexual Violence

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State officials say they’re ahead of the curve in adopting new federal standards for reducing sexual violence in prisons and ...

Wed, September 29, 2010

Ex-Corrections' Officer Guilty of Sex With Female Inmates

MILWAUKEE, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former corrections’ officer in Milwaukee will be sentenced November 29th, after being found guilty of having sex with female inmates ...

Fri, September 03, 2010

Corrections Dept. Settles Suits Filed by Waupun Inmates

WAUPUN, Wis. (WTAQ) - Prison life will soon get easier for some of Wisconsin’s most dangerous criminals.

The state Corrections Department has agreed to ...

Wed, July 21, 2010

Lundquist to Become State Corrections' Deputy Secretary

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - A former prison warden will soon become the number 2 man in the state Corrections Department.

Timothy Lundquist will start August ...

Wed, February 24, 2010

Corrections Sec. Raemisch Apologizes For Prisoners Escape

MADISON, Wis. (WTAQ) - State corrections secretary Rick Raemisch apologized Tuesday after 2 prisoners at Stanley used fake records to get released early. He called ...

Fri, September 25, 2009

Attorney General, Corrections Secretary meet to discuss DNA data-base problems

UNDATED (WSAU) State Attorney General J-B Van Hollen and Corrections’ Secretary Rick Raemisch will meet this morning to talk about the 12-thousand D-N-A samples ...