A 34-year-old woman who was an inmate at the Marinette County Jail died on Tuesday night in a cell pod. According to a Marinette County Sheriff’s Office release, correctional officers were alerted to a medical emergency for a female inmate in a cell pod on Tuesday around 7:40 p.

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections tells NBC 26 the beds will convert single-occupancy cells into double occupancy. The prison already holds more than 300 more inmates than its capacity.

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Green Bay prison officials failed to protect Micah Laureano from harm, according to a lawsuit filed by his mother..

The man was arrested for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, 5th offense, and is also being held on an order to detain issued by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Authorities say a ...

Micah Laureano, 19, was killed by his cellmate in Green Bay Correctional Institution in 2024, according to a federal lawsuit filed Feb. 25. Screengrab from Randle Dable Brisk Funeral Home. The family of a former Wisconsin inmate is suing after they say he was killed by his cellmate just hours after being placed together.

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Evers' plan comes with the state's correctional facilities being the subject of numerous incidents, including five deaths at Waupun over a 14-month span between 2023 and 2024 and the death