Nearly $3.8 billion in investment proposals for projects such as a juvenile corrections facility and UW-System improvements were halted.

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The Type 1 Juvenile Correctional Facility slated for Milwaukee will cost more than $70 million as officials cite inflation and increased labor costs.

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The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says it's released nearly 1,600 inmates since March to help reduce the possibility of spreading the coronavirus.

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A legislative committee was scheduled Wednesday to take up a $184 million plan to replace Wisconsin's troubled youth prisons.

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A committee charged with dismantling the state's youth prison has pared down a list of possible sites for new prisons, but it could cost more and take longer to overhaul the system than initially expected.

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