Wisconsin governor floats plan to close 19th-century prison and overhaul corrections system

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s second-oldest prison, built in the 1800s and long targeted for closure, would finally be shuttered under a new plan from Gov. Tony Evers that proposes sweeping changes to the state’s troubled correctional system without building a new facility, as some lawmakers have long called for.

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