The Department of Corrections has suggested closing the Felmers O. Chaney Correctional Center and using that space to open a type 1 youth facility to finally deliver on the legislature’s promise to close Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Youth prisons.  The Chaney Center has long been considered by men who resided there to offer the best support for a successful return to Milwaukee. We should not reduce the number of available pre-release beds in our community because we can’t agree on a suitable location for a new youth facility. You can read more about this issue in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel or in the Neighborhood News Service.

We can and must find another suitable location.

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