MADISON (NBC 26) — Governor Tony Evers is asking the State Building Commission to release $15 million allocated in the 2025-27 state budget to begin work on several prison reform projects across six Wisconsin Department of Corrections facilities, including closing Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI).

The governor is hoping the $15 million will fund preliminary plans and a design report for key components of the $500 million prison reform plan he proposed in February.

Evers' plan calls for:

Closing GBCI and converting Stanley Correctional Institution in Chippewa County to a 1,500 maximum-security institution with the ability to be flexible as a medium-custody institution — allowing inmates at GBCI and Waupun to be taken there.

Transforming the Waupun Correctional Institution into

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