Republicans in the Wisconsin Assembly and Democratic Governor Tony Evers agree — it is necessary to slow down the process of closing the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prisons. Republican state Representative John Nygren says the governor is right, you can’t lock the doors at those two facilities without having replacements ready to go. The state wants to move the young inmates to multiple locations run by the counties. Keeping juvenile prisoners closer to their homes has worked in other states. The deadline was put off six months last week, but Governor Evers says even that doesn’t allow enough time to get the smaller facilities built.
