Alert Top Story DRUGS IN PRISONS As Wisconsin prisons crack down on drug smuggling, not even paper is safe ANNA HANSEN Wisconsin State Journal Oct 11, 2024 Oct 11, 2024 Updated Mar 11, 2025 × On this episode of WisconsinEye's Rewind: Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Smuggling contraband into prisons doesn’t look like it used to, and Wisconsin officials are trying to keep up.kAms6A2CE>6?E @7 r@CC64E:@?D 6>A=@J66D 92G6 7@F?5 ?2C4@E:4D DAC2J65 @?E@ 4C2J@? 5C2H:?8D[ 42=6?52CD 2?5 A9@E@8C2A9D[ 9:556? :? 4C24<65 3@@< DA:?6D[ D=:AA65 36EH66? q:3=6 A286D 2?5 :?E@ >2?:=2 6?G6=@A6D >2DBF6C25:?8 2D =682= >2:=] p82:?DE E96 56A2CE>6?E’D 36DE 677@CED[ E96 D>F88=6CD 2C6 364@>:?8 :?4C62D:?8=J :??@G2E:G6]k^AmkAm~? $2EFC52J[ 2 (2FAF? r@CC64E:@?2= x?DE:EFE:@? 6>A=@J66 H2D 9@DA:E2=:K65 2?5 EC62E65 H:E9 }2C42? 27E6C ECJ:?8 E@ :?E6C46AE 2 5CF8\=256? A:646 @7 A2A6C 36:?8 A2DD65 36EH66? 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Department of Corrections stops nonprofit from sending free books to Wisconsin inmates Wisconsin Books to Prisoners was formed in the fall of 2006 and has delivered more than 70,000 books to the state's inmates.
Madison woman arrested in 2022 overdose death of Waupun inmate An autopsy of the inmate turned up latex balloons filled with a suspected mixture of cocaine and fentanyl, according to a statement from Dodge…
Waupun prison warden resigns amid federal contraband investigation, ongoing lockdown Warden Randall Hepp is retiring amid a federal investigation into contraband smuggling and a lockdown that's been ongoing for more than a year.
Send us your best northern lights photo from southern Wisconsin We're planning to publish a collection of reader photos of the northern lights that were seen in the Madison area the last couple of nights.
Jail administrator Craig Reukauf named Grant County sheriff by Gov. Tony Evers Craig Reukauf fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Sheriff Nate Dreckman.
Racine firefighter killed in motorcycle-car crash at Alpine Valley entrance The driver of the car, a 17-year-old boy from Eagle, was uninjured and is fully cooperating with the investigation, the Walworth County Sherif…
Wary of governor's prison proposal, Assembly speaker says Republicans will draft own plan Robin Vos said he's open to spending up to $2 billion to revamp the prison system, including demolishing the Green Bay Correctional Institutio…
