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WAUPUN | It’s like a homecoming for Dodge Correctional’s new warden, Marc Clements. Clements, who started his career as a corrections officer at Waupun Correctional in June 1981, worked his ...
This incident marks the fifth inmate death at Waupun Correctional Institution since June 2023. The first of the four inmates who died, Dean Hoffman, killed himself in solitary confinement last June.
As state lawmakers debated a pay raise for prison guards to fill a growing number of vacancies in 2022, a Dodge Correctional Institution sergeant made an alarming prediction. "It's only a matter ...
WAUPUN, Wis. -- An inmate at the Waupun Correctional Institution died Monday morning, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt said, the fifth person to die at the prison since June 2023.
The Dodge County Sheriff's Office, which has investigated all of the prison's in-custody deaths, has not released its ...
As state lawmakers debated a pay raise for prison guards to fill a growing number of vacancies in 2022, a Dodge Correctional Institution sergeant made an alarming prediction. "It's only a matter ...
Jessica Ann Hosfelt, a former registered nurse at Waupun Correctional Institution, is seen at her preliminary hearing at the Dodge County Courthouse on Thursday July 25, 2024 in Juneau, Wis.
However, beyond closing Green Bay Correctional Institution and repurposing Waupun Correctional Institution, Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ prison reform plan is hitting a wall with Republican ...
Prison staff seek a voice in working conditions. A year ago, according to DOC data, Waupun Correctional Institution had 56.2% of security positions unfilled, while the Green Bay prison had a 40.9% ...
Following another death at Waupun Correctional Institution in October 2023, the prison implemented a new system for keeping track of rounds, "to clearly determine who was responsible for the care ...