A Thursday vote by the Wisconsin Assembly has advanced a bill delaying the closing of the state’s youth prison by six months. The Senate considers the measure next. The Department of Corrections was supposed to close the facility near Irma by January 1st, 2021, but the governor said that wasn’t enough time. Republican Representative Michael Schraa introduced a bill which keeps the prison open until July 1st, 2021, but Governor Evers says meeting that deadline might be impossible, too.
