Prisons

Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections paid the firm Falcon, Inc. to complete a year-long review of the prison system. The firm’s report detailed issues with overcrowding and solitary confinement.

Sharmain Harris started selling drugs at age 11. After attending a military style bootcamp in prison, Harris is now a professional speaker on father relationships. But in his new memoir he writes how even after his success, the felon label continues to disrupt his life.

At the Cell To Table cooking event, the audience witnessed how people use scarce resources to create dishes like fried rice and Pop-Tart pie in prison. But participants say cooking in their cells also created a community.

For years, members of a bipartisan coalition has been united in their push to shut down Green Bay Correctional, although there’s been debate among those leaders about whether Wisconsin should build another prison to replace the facility.

A unique camp offers welcoming space for Wisconsin prisoners to spend time with their children, but stigma and other barriers limit its reach.

A state board heard directly on Friday from two Wisconsin brothers who served more than two decades in prison for a murder they didn’t commit. David and Robert Bintz are asking for over $2 million each as compensation for their wrongful convictions.

For nearly two decades, Wisconsin Books to Prisoners has been sending new and used books to people behind bars. Now, the volunteer group is trying to restore its operations after the Wisconsin Department of Corrections imposed new restrictions.