Medium Security Prisons In Wisconsin
What's the plan to restructure the Wisconsin prison system?
What's the plan to restructure the Wisconsin prison system? A plan put forth by Gov. Tony Evers to close, build or repurpose several Wisconsin Department of Corrections prisons is advancing, with a particular focus on the future of the juvenile justice system.
https://pbswisconsin.org/news-item/whats-the-plan-to-restructure-the-wisconsin-prison-system/
Plan advances to revamp Wisconsin prison system ...
Stanley Correctional Institution would become a maximum-security facility, and Sanger B. ... 2026 Sinclair, Inc.
https://fox11online.com/news/state/plan-advances-to-revamp-wisconsin-prison-system-includes-closing-green-bay-correctional-state-building-commission-governor-tony-evers-republican-waupun-lincoln-hills-copper-lake-stanley-sanger-b-powersRestructuring plan for Wisconsin prisons rejected - Isthmus | Madison, Wisconsin
Angela Major / WPR The Waupun Correctional Institution. In February, Gov. Evers recommended major changes for two maximum-security prisons built in the 1800s, including Waupun, above. In February, Gov. Tony Evers recommended a $325-million “domino” plan to close the Green Bay prison, turn the Waupun prison into a medium-security job training center, and upgrade and restructure other institutions statewide.
https://isthmus.com/news/news/restructuring-plan-for-Wisconsin-prisons-rejected/
Wisconsin moving ahead with prison overhaul plan despite ...
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https://wisconsinwatch.org/2025/10/wisconsin-prison-overhaul-plan-evers-republican-building-commission/Early Release Programs
The Southeast Regional Care. Facility for Youth is set to open in 2026. ... • Open the new medium-security Lincoln Correctional. Institution ...
https://doc.wi.gov/Documents/AboutDOC/4.9.25%20Friends%20%26%20Family%20Forum%20Presentation.pdfWisconsin approves 743M for prison, campus projects
THE BLUEPRINT: The state building commission approved around $743 million for construction projects across Wisconsin, including $15 million to start work on several corrections facilities and to advance plans to shutter one of the state’s oldest corrections facilities. Gov. Tony Evers announced Tuesday that the Wisconsin State Building Commission voted to approve hundreds of millions of dollars for statewide construction projects that will cha...
https://dailyreporter.com/2025/10/29/wisconsin-approves-743m-prison-campus-projects/
Correctional and treatment facilities
... medium-security facility until May 2021 5 In ... includes Taycheedah Correctional Institution and two of the minimum-security correctional centers Taycheedah ...
https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/misc/lrb/blue_book/2025_2026/260_correctional_and_treatment_facilities.pdfBuilding Commission votes to create plans for prison system revamp • Wisconsin Examiner
5:45 News Story The State of Wisconsin Building Commission on Tuesday approved releasing $15 million to prepare preliminary plans and a design report for major changes to Wisconsin’s prison system requested by Gov. Tony Evers. Wisconsin prisons have long been criticized for aging facilities, overcrowding and deaths.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/10/29/building-commission-votes-to-create-plans-for-prison-system-revamp/
Wisconsin prison system overhaul, state OKs $15M for design process | FOX6 Milwaukee
MADISON, Wis. - The bipartisan Wisconsin Building Commission on Tuesday unanimously signed off on spending $15 million to start a design process that would overhaul the state’s corrections system. Evers' plan What they're saying: In February, Gov. Tony Evers, who chairs the commission, unveiled his six-year, $500 million plan that would ultimately close Green Bay Correctional Institution and modernize many of the state’s other aging prisons wh...
https://www.fox6now.com/news/wisconsin-prison-system-overhaul-design-funding
Evers' plan to reorganize Wisconsin's prison system getting mixed reviews - WPR
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers will ultimately need approval from Wisconsin’s Republican-controlled Legislature if he wants to make his half-billion dollar plan to reorganize Wisconsin’s prison system a reality. So far, the governor’s recently released budget request for Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections is getting mixed reviews from state lawmakers, although criminal justice reform advocates and several local officials say they’re encouraged ...
https://www.wpr.org/news/evers-plan-reorganize-wisconsin-prison-system-green-bay-waupun-corrections-budget
Gov. Evers to repurpose prisons amid overcrowding crisis – The Badger Herald
Gov. Tony Evers’ newest plan for Wisconsin’s Department of Corrections system proposes closing the Green Bay Correctional Institution and reformations to multiple other state prisons. The plan also includes converting the maximum-security prison, Waupun Correctional Institution, to a medium-security prison focusing on vocational rehabilitation.
https://badgerherald.com/news/wisconsin/2025/02/19/gov-evers-to-repurpose-prisons-amid-overcrowding-crisis/
Change coming at SCI? - Stanley Republican
Stanley Correctional Institution could soon be getting an upgrade, following a proposal by Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. Part of a larger overhaul of the state’s prison system, the proposal calls to convert Stanley Correctional Institution to maximum security, with the ability to “flex” as a medium security institution.
https://www.stanleyrepublican.com/stories/change-coming-at-sci,122138
With Green Bay prison marked for closing, state officials now must figure out how and when • Wisconsin Examiner
5:00 News Story Now that the Wisconsin budget has called for closing the aging Green Bay Correctional Institution, lawmakers, the governor’s office and the Department of Corrections are having to grapple with how to carry it out. “For the first time in ever, we finally have agreements in the Legislature and with the executive branch on how to move forward,” said state Rep.
https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2025/08/25/with-green-bay-prison-marked-for-closing-state-officials-now-must-figure-out-how-and-when/