More essential reporting from Mario Koran on the city of Kiel and the ongoing fallout from the culture war panic fueled by the misinformation campaign from WILL. Citizens are now pushing back against the far-right members of the school board. wisconsinwatch.org/2023/01/tired-…

NEW PODCAST: I talked to Mario Koran of Wisconsin Watch, who has done tremendous reporting on the ongoing political turmoil and culture-war chaos in Kiel. Let’s recombobulate: recombobulationarea.substack.com/p/podcast-insi…

Joining the The New York Times local investigative reporting team from across the US are Callie Ferguson Sarah Fowler Mario Koran Alissa Zhu Shalina Chatlani @ilyssadaly. They'll be working alongside editors Dean Baquet, Chris Davis, Adam Playford and Rebecca Corbett. nytco.com/press/introduc…

Very proud to represent Wisconsin Watch as a Local Investigations Fellow for The New York Times. For the next year, I'll be working alongside some of the best in the business as I examine the state's Department of Corrections. I can't wait to get started.

Congrats to Mario Koran for winning a Milwaukee Press Club award for coverage of one of the biggest Wisconsin stories of the year, the WILL-manufactured anti-trans panic in Kiel and the chaos left in its wake. Listen to my podcast with Koran from last month: recombobulationarea.substack.com/p/podcast-insi…

Prisoners describe walls speckled with feces and blood, bird droppings on food trays and limited access to medical care. This Wisconsin prison has been on lockdown for more than 4 months - with no end in sight. My story in The New York Times & Wisconsin Watch... nytimes.com/2023/08/19/us/…

Inhumane, squalid conditions exposed in Wisconsin’s Waupun prison, under mysterious lockdown since March. Great job bringing it to light of day by ⁦Mario Koran⁩ of ⁦Wisconsin Watch⁩ on local investigative fellowship for ⁦The New York Times⁩ wisconsinwatch.org/2023/08/waupun…

Kevin Carr, WI Department of Corrections secretary, today at a incarceration roundtable said "I'm not talking" and walked away when asked to comment on a recent The New York Times report of poor conditions at a locked-down prison facility in Waupun. NYT report from Mario Koran: wisconsinwatch.org/2023/08/waupun…

Gratifying to see Mario Koran’s important reporting recognized. Revisit it here: wisconsinwatch.org/tag/kiel/

Men locked up in Stanley say they’re missing education opportunities. The reason: The prison is so short staffed teachers have been asked to supervise the yard during recreation time.

Second prisoner dies of suicide during ongoing Waupun Correctional Institution lockdown; restrictions linger at two additional prisons due to staffing shortages. Important story brought to light by Mario Koran The New York Times Wisconsin Watch wisconsinwatch.org/2023/10/waupun…

In WI, one prison has been on lockdown for 10 months. Another for 7. The reason: Too few staff to run prisons at full capacity. Here's a look how WI got here - and the warning signs state leaders ignored, for The New York Times & Wisconsin Watch nytimes.com/2024/02/02/us/…

Serious problems at Waupun & Wisconsin's other state prisons have been brought to light over past year by Mario Koran in fellowship with The New York Times and Wisconsin Watch : wisconsinwatch.org/2023/08/waupun…

An ex-prison warden & 8 staff members were jailed today in connection to prisoner deaths. Those incarcerated were denied medication & basic care. One man had gone days without food and drank sewage water before dying of malnutrition & dehydration. nytimes.com/2024/06/05/us/…

One doctor was convicted of sexually assaulting a patient. Others wrote fraudulent prescriptions. Nearly 1/3 of WI's prison doctors employed in the past decade have faced discipline by state medical boards. My story for The New York Times and Wisconsin Watch nytimes.com/2024/07/02/us/…

If you follow me, and appreciate the perspective my past brings to my work, then you should follow Mario Koran too. So glad to see another one of us in this field 🖤

"Nearly a third of the 60 staff physicians the Wisconsin corrections system has employed over the past decade have been censured by a state medical board for an error or a breach of ethics, an unusually high concentration." Great reporting by @mariokoran: nytimes.com/2024/07/02/us/….

Should WI follow 19 states with an independent ombudsman to hear prison concerns & find solutions? Experts say it would discourage abuse while guarding taxpayers. Taxpayers have paid out tens of millions in recent legal settlements, by Mario Koran wisconsinwatch.org/2024/08/wiscon…