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A major overhaul of

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Wisconsin's prison system

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got off the starting blocks

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this week when the

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State Building Commission

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voted to approve

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$15 million

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to start the planning phase.

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Corrections has been in disarray

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under many governors

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and Gov. Evers

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when he first ran

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against Gov. Walker

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what is that

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eight years ago now?

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Ran on

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corrections reform

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and has done

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really nothing.

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And now all of a sudden

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in 2025

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budgetary cycle

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he comes out

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with a proposal

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and he's kind of like

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shoving it down our throats

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and he didn't

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include anybody

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in this proposal.

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There was things

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in the governor's

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proposal that I think

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every one of us

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could have gotten behind

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because I think a lot of

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some of his ideas

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were positive.

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That's why I think

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it would have been nice

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to include everyone.

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So this isn't a

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this doesn't have to be

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a Democrat

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or a Republican idea.

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Prison reform

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across the United States

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has been very nonpartisan.

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We can all work

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towards the same ideas.

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But when you take

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when you give

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somebody a proposal and say

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take it or leave it

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here it is.

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This is what we're

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moving forward with

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and especially

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when it's not even

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a good proposal.

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How do you think

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the other sides

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are going to react?