Headline: Wisconsin State Journal, 8/2/2022
To summarize:
The County Board initially included $76 million in the 2018 budget to construct additional floors on top of the jail facility at the Public Safety Building. But it was later learned the structure couldn’t support the load, prompting officials to plan the tower addition.
In the past five years, the cost of the project has continued to climb while the scope of renovations has been scaled back. The current design includes up to 825 beds, or nearly 200 fewer than there are now across three jail sites.
Since the most recent conversations about a jail overhaul began a decade ago, Barrett said the county has spent $15.3 million on 29 studies. He said the current proposal would do away with solitary confinement and add spaces for mental health and medical treatment to help create a jail that is “safe, efficient, sustainable and rehabilitative.”
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