A federal lawsuit alleges that guards at Waupun who smuggled drugs into the prison contributed to the death of a man ...

WAUPUN, Wis. - A fifth inmate died at a maximum security Wisconsin prison as the former warden who was there when four others died was scheduled to make a court appearance Tuesday after being ...

Evers has proposed a multitiered, $500 million plan for the state's prisons that includes converting Waupun to a medium security center focused on job training for inmates. MADISON, Wis.

THE PRISON SAYS TH Another inmate has died inside Wisconsin's troubled maximum security prison in Waupun, the seventh in two years. Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials confirmed to WISN ...

JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — A former Wisconsin prison warden charged in connection with the deaths of two inmates at Waupun Correctional was found guilty of a single misdemeanor after reaching a plea deal.

A former prison worker pleaded guilty in September to smuggling cellphones, tobacco and drugs into the facility in exchange for money. Waupun inmates have filed a class-action lawsuit alleging ...

ATTORNEY STORY TELLS ME HE’S ALSO BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THE FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE The family of an inmate who died inside Waupun's maximum-security prison is speaking out after the Dodge ...

Sheriff's Office shows Randall Hepp, June 5, 2024. Credit: AP Multiple inmates have died at Waupun since 2023 The prison, with a stone exterior and high, castle-like guard towers, opened in 1854 ...

The two inmate deaths are among four at the prison in Waupun in ... federal investigations…and the list goes on. Conditions, especially at Green Bay and Waupun, are ripe for tragedy.

Of these, 13 suits are from inmates at Waupun, more than for any other state prison. Several of the suits have been dismissed, others are pending. The DOJ’s list, prepared in March, omits at ...

and at prisons in Green Bay and Stanley last year due to a shortage of guards. Waupun inmates filed a federal lawsuit in October alleging the the conditions amounted to cruel and unusual punishment.