The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in protest of conditions in highest-security prisons. By Alissa Wilkinson ...

Gov. Tony Evers will propose nearly $500 million in his budget to overhaul the state's prisons. The plan will include tearing down the 127-year-old Green Bay Correctional Institution and a massive ...

WASHINGTON — Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern coast of California, prison staff explained the rules. They gave me a stab vest and a handy piece of information ...

MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers is proposing in his next two-year state budget a half of a billion dollar plan that would close a deteriorating 127-year-old state prison in Green Bay, rebuild another ...

WASHINGTON — Years ago, when I visited Pelican Bay State Prison on the northern coast of California, prison staff explained the rules. They gave me a stab vest and a handy piece of information ...

The closure is estimated to cost $6.3 million. Evers said, once the prison in Green Bay is closed, the state plans to sell the property. The prison's closure would have an effect on jobs, but Evers ...