>> NOW FOR AN UPDATE ON THE
STATE'S JUVENILE CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTIONS.
WEDNESDAY THE JOINT FINANCE
COMMITTEE VOTED AGAINST FUNDING
FOR TWO FACILITIES MEANT TO
REPLACE LINCOLN HILLS AND COPPER
HILLS.
THE FACILITIES WERE SLATED FOR
PEOPLE AND HORTONIA NEAR
APPLETON.
BUT THE COMMITTEE BLOCKED
BUILDINGS APPROVALS FOR BOTH
SIDES, WITH REPUBLICANS SAYING
THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH MONEY TO
FUND THEM.
PLANS CALLED FOR CLOSING THE
TROUBLED STATE-RUN YOUTH PRISONS
JUST NORTH OF WAUSAU BY 2021.
THE PARTY-LINE DECISION TO
DECLINE $73 MILLION FOR THE NEW
IMPR