MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Juveniles would no longer be housed at a Wisconsin youth prison complex that's been the target of a federal investigation and multiple lawsuits alleging inmate abuse under an $80 million plan announced Thursday by Gov. Scott Walker.
The reorganization would change the Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake juvenile prisons into medium security adult prisons and open five smaller regional prisons for young offenders. An expanded mental health facility to house female prisons would also be built in Madison.
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