Gov. Tony Evers this week will propose a significant overhaul of Wisconsin’s corrections system, pushing a plan that would close one of the state’s two oldest prisons, renovate the other and convert the state’s youth prison into a facility for adult men.

Gov. Tony Evers' plan to close the decrepit Green Bay prison and rebuild the Waupun prison hinges on closing the troubled Lincoln Hills youth campus.

Following protests about deteriorating conditions, a yearlong lockdown and violence at Green Bay Correctional Institution, Gov. Tony Evers proposed a plan to shut down the prison as part of his next two-year budget.