Republican Sen. Van Wanggaard, chair of the Senate judiciary committee, praised Evers for proposing the closure of the 127-year-old prison in Green Bay. But he questioned the totality of the plan.“ ...

MADISON (WKOW) -- Gov. Tony Evers is pushing for prison reform in his 2025-27 biennial budget. The sweeping plan calls for closing Green Bay Correctional Institution, converting Lincoln Hills & Copper ...

The plan will include tearing down the 127-year-old Green Bay Correctional Institution and a massive renovation of the Waupun prison. The plan hinges on moving forward with delayed plans to ...

Bethany Bernal was sentenced to 22 years in prison on Thursday after a Nueces County jury found her guilty of failing to ...

Following protests about deteriorating conditions, a yearlong lockdown and violence at Green Bay Correctional Institution, Gov. Tony Evers proposed a plan to shut down the prison as part of his ...

MADISON – Gov. Tony Evers is proposing in his next two-year state budget a half of a billion dollar plan that would close a deteriorating 127-year-old state prison in Green Bay, rebuild another ...

The roughly $500 million proposal that includes closing the prison in Green Bay, made public on Sunday, would be subject to approval by the Republican-controlled Legislature, which has backed some ...

ALLOUEZ, Wis. — Green Bay Correctional Institution, the second oldest prison in Wisconsin, has been under scrutiny for over 15 years due to its deteriorating conditions. A 2009 state-funded ...

Local bipartisan support grew in 2023 with public figures penning letters to the state Department of Corrections expressing their support for the prison's closure. From Green Bay Mayor Eric ...

It includes renovating and expanding several facilities, which would allow the maximum security prison in Allouez, Green Bay Correctional Institution, to close as early as spring of 2029.