Lawmakers must close unsafe Green Bay prison. There is no excuse for conditions. | Opinion

The new Wisconsin legislative session is upon us, which means a lot of issues are going to start taking center stage for our state’s lawmakers . There are certainly many important issues that will be brought to light, but there is one that has been pushed to the backburner for far too long: the wasteful and unsafe conditions of Green Bay Correctional Institution in Allouez. Green Bay Correctional Institution is a maximum security facility housing more than 1,000 inmates. It has been operating for more than 125 years and its age and disrepair are evident. As such an old…..

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