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Wisconsin prison reform plan
Gov. Tony Evers wants to shut down Green Bay Correctional Institution while transforming Waupun Correctional Institution.
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Wisconsin prison reform plan; advocate, inmate weigh in
As part of his budget proposal, Evers wants to spend $243 million to overhaul the prison by 2031. He would temporarily close it to demolish cell halls, build modern housing for 600 people at "medium ...
Wisconsin lawmakers optimistic on Gov. Evers' plan to close GBCI; some changes expected
The roughly $500 million dollar proposal will be included in the governor's executive budget request this week.
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'First step': Gov. Evers' plan to close Green Bay prison draws local support
Current and former inmates, plus Republican lawmakers, expressed excitement Monday about the possibility of Green Bay Correctional closing. A few remain skeptical that it will come to fruition.
What would replace Green Bay Correctional? Allouez pitched a mixed-use development in 2018
A retired planner living in the village drafted up the concept that was first revealed in 2018 with GBCI at the center of it.
Governor's prison plan is ambitious to some, but families of prisoners who died say it doesn't go far enough
"There's so many other steps that have to come after this for some action to really ... make us believe that it's true," a former prisoner said.