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Relationships between local sheriff's offices and immigration enforcement in Wisconsin lead to thousands of deportations, a report says.

MILWAUKEE – The ACLU of Wisconsin today released a report investigating the nature of immigration enforcement in Wisconsin, detailing how close collaboration

IRMA, WI — A court-ordered monitor’s report, released  today, highlights worsening conditions  at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools, troubled youth pr

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EMILY HAMER The Wisconsin Department of Corrections has vaccinated 17% of state prisoners against COVID-19, but is still lagging behind the statewide vaccination rate of 37.6% of residents who have received a dose — despite all inmates having been eligible since March 1. Although the vaccines seem to be running behind, the number of COVID-19 cases in the prison system has plummeted. On Tuesday, the active case count among prisoners was just six — the lowest it has been sin...

Just 7% of Wisconsin prisoners have received COVID-19 vaccine, despite outcry over inmates being prioritized Mary Spicuzza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel © Department of Corrections, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel A Department of Corrections prison watch tower. Credit: Screen grab, Department of Corrections video Even as Wisconsin has expanded eligibility for the COVID-19 vaccine to everyone 16 and older, one group is lagging far behind others: prisoners. Fewer than 1,400 prisoners...

Two guards, one prison staff member and four inmates tell of frustrations with how Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution handled a COVID-19 outbreak that exploded to more than 870 cases.

As COVID-19 cases slowly started to tick up at Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution in early September, inmate Shun Warren was trying his best to stay healthy. He wore a mask, kept 6 feet away from his fellow inmates, tried not to touch his face and washed his hands as often as possible, he said. What Warren didn’t expect was on Sept. 4 to be put in the same cell as an inmate who had just been exposed to COVID-19. The inmate’s old cellmate was sent to isolation the night before aft...