Dodge Correctional Institution News

A murderer, a man who offered to pay for murder, a serial rapist and a sex offender get into a van together.

JEFFERSON, Wis. - A former drifter pleaded not guilty Friday to killing two teenage sweethearts nearly 30 years ago, setting up a trial that could last for days.

A Sturgeon Bay man received a 70-year prison sentence Thursday for enticing a 16-year-old boy to his apartment, drugging him, then photographing himself sexually assaulting the boy while he was unconscious.

True to his word, a hermit who encased his dead mother in a block of ice keeps himself in solitary confinement by threatening people, swearing at guards or simply refusing to leave his cell.

Shelton, 33, of Brodhead received the maximum prison sentence plus 10 years probation from Green County Circuit Court Judge James Beer.

True to his word, a hermit who encased his dead mother in a block of ice keeps himself in solitary confinement by threatening people, swearing at guards or simply refusing to leave his cell.

Although he was sentenced to prison Wednesday, Edward J. Lanphear will likely remain in Wisconsin Rapids for several days before he is sent to Dodge Correctional Institution in Waupun.

A state power plant study may result in improved efficiencies and energy savings for the Waupun Correctional Central Generating Plant.

The process isn't as simple as opening a cell door. Seventeen-year-old Zach Reid, convicted earlier this month of killing his father, will be placed in the adult prison system despite his age, but officials say he will get some special consideration as he begins his life sentence.

Workers at local correctional facilities were honored by Department of Corrections Secretary Rick Raemisch as winners in the 2009 Secretary's SALUTE Award program.

WAUPUN - A Waupun prison inmate who allegedly helped his cellmate commit suicide earlier this year has been charged.

While suicides occur within the confines of the Wisconsin prison system - a total of 31 since 2004 - the Jan.