WAUPUN (WLUK) -- Another inmate has died at the troubled Waupun Correctional Institution, authorities said Monday. It's the fifth inmate death in Waupun in a 13-month span.

Waupun Correctional Institution's warden, Randall Hepp, is charged with misconduct in public office, Dodge County Sheriff Dale Schmidt, who led the investigations, said at a news conference.

Here's what's been happening at the Waupun Correctional Institution the last two years following news that Gov. Evers proposed prison reform.

An inmate at Waupun Correctional Institution died on Feb. 22, state Department of Corrections spokesperson Kevin Hoffman said.

Sheriff Dale Schmidt and the Dodge County Sheriff's Office has been investigating four deaths at Waupun Correctional Institution, all while the prison was on lockdown.

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections cannot say whether the lockdown at Waupun is the state’s longest, because it does not formally record the numbers.

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 found employees failed to provide basic care to inmates inside Waupun Correctional Institution. Four inmates have died since last June.

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections said a 44-year-old man residing at Waupun Correctional Institution jumped from one of the tiers in the cell hall around 11 a.m. on Tuesday.

The family of Dean Hoffmann, who died by suicide at Waupun Correctional Institution last year, filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Corrections Tuesday, alleging his civil rights ...

The state Department of Corrections has faced growing scrutiny after four prisoners died at Waupun Correctional Institution over eight months.