ALLOUEZ, Wis. (WFRV) - At an Allouez village board meeting on Tuesday night, state lawmakers laid out what it's going to take to finally shut down the Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI).

"We're working hard to try to get this done and I really believe that this is hard work from both sides of the aisle," said state representative Benjamin Franklin at the meeting.

In their budget last month, state lawmakers allocated $15 million to the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for planning projects related to overhauling the state's prison system. State Representative David Steffen and state senator Jamie Wall both told Local 5 News that whatever Department of Corrections officials come up with it will likely be similar to Governor Tony Evers $500 million prison overhaul plan.

The plan

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