The new facility will be one of the replacements for Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls, the state's long-troubled youth prison north of Wausau that state leaders have been working to close since 2018. It was then that legislation detailing a plan for its closure and the construction of new facilities was adopted.
In front of a crowd of roughly 150 people at last week's meeting, Carr defended plans to put the new youth prison on Milwaukee's north side, and tried to ease safety and economic concerns voiced by neighboring residents.
Supporters of the facility extolled the benefits it could have on Milwaukee County youth and their families, who currently have to travel more than 200 miles to Wisconsin's rural north to visit young people at Lincoln Hills.
The 6.7-acre former vehicle emissions inspection center is used by its current owner, a private paving company, largely for equipment storage, according to its owner.
Goyke highlighted its location at the end of a dead-end road surrounded primarily by light manufacturing and separated from commercial corridors. It's also near a very limited number of homes but still within the city and close to mass transit and support organizations, he said.
- chill out
- heavy lifting
- jaw-dropping
- October surprise
- ramp-up
2019
Scott Walker's legacy: The Lincoln Hills/Copper Lake youth prison scandal. (1/16)
2018
If 3 years is "a long time ago", what is 1993? (10/6)
There are two sides to every story and then there's the truth. (3/15)
Drop in juvenile detention rates has done nothing to address racial disparities. (1/29)
2017
UPDATE: Based on recent evidence, the facilities' remote location and chronic staffing shortage keeps Juvenile Corrections from fulfilling its mission. (11/28)
It's 243 miles, and a world away, from Racine to Irma. (10/31)
UPDATE. And, by extension, make Scott Walker look bad. (10/10)
2016
Point/counterpoint: Open records and the Wisconsin Department of Corrections. (8/8)
State workers watching porn gets Scott Walker all het up but mistreating juvenile inmates -- not so much. (7/6)
Wendy Peterson schedules a Lincoln Hills double bill. (4/7)
Wendy Peterson shares her favorite Hollywood movie prison scenes. (4/7)
Former Wisconsin DOC Secretary tries to take advantage of Walker administration disdain for open records law. (3/26)
Dear Ed Wall, Taking the job is just the first step. (3/20)
Has the State of Wisconsin got a deal for Ed Wall!! (3/1)
The Lincoln Hills Scandal slide show timeline: Scott Walker's bottom line is to cover his butt. (2/28)
LINCOLN HILLS SCANDAL UPDATE: Scott Walker and the broken chain of command (with Jessie Rodriguez exception). (2/27)
Hands-off manager Scott Walker must still be licking his Presidential campaign wounds. (1/14)
Because Scott Walker believes he's hired the best employees to work for the citizens of our state. (1/9)
2015
Selective Republican logic inoperative when applied to Wisconsin juvenile corrections program. (12/24)
The dysfunction of Scott Walker's executive branch of government in 1 defensive quote. (12/20)
Scott Walker and Lincoln Hills School for Boys: Too busy thinking about his (presidential) baby. (12/19)
Still in the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys. (12/13)
Scott Walker shows us how to deflect (Taking no responsibility, chapter 2). (12/12)
As usual, Scott Walker takes no responsibility. (12/11)
In the news: Lincoln Hills School for Boys, Wisconsin Department of Corrections. (12/11)
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