That day in Portage, where Columbia Correctional Institution is located, the temperature outside was over 90 degrees, five days into a heat wave advisory. Inside, the heat was likely worse. Ammerman ...

Columbia Correctional Institution in Portage will be expanding over the next few years. The maximum-security state-operated prison for men is slated to add a unit and expand/update an existing one: ...

One day after the biggest gift-giving day all year, Greg Grams is happy to get something from the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. Grams, the current deputy warden at Columbia Correctional ...

At about 7 p.m. at Columbia Correctional Institution on June 9, 2021, Paul Ammerman lost consciousness in his prison cell, where he was in solitary confinement. Earlier, he'd told staff he didn't feel ...