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WI: Consultants say thousands more cages and prison upgrades needed

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Consultants say prison system needs $1.2 billion upgrade By Steven Walters of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Jan. 8, 2009 Madison - Consultants recommended Thursday that the state spend more than $1.2?billion over the next decade to expand and update its prison system. The consultants said 8,920 new prison beds and 2,681 replacement beds for juveniles and adults will be needed to replace aging facilities and ease overcrowding. State Corrections Secretary Rick Raemisch said the report from the Mead & Hunt firm will be used to help develop the agency's future goals and options, but said state government cannot afford everything recommended by the consultants. "Given the massive (budget) deficit Wisconsin is facing, the plan provides a blueprint of where we don't want to be in 10 years," Raemisch said in a statement...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on January 09, 2009 (boomark / email).