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Article: State has final say on private prison's use Doyle says building under construction can't be used without lawmakers' OK
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 29, 1999
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Unless the state agrees to lease, purchase or let others use a
private prison under construction in western Wisconsin, it's likely
the building will never house any inmates, Attorney General James
Doyle said Friday.
Doyle said an Oklahoma company is free to build its prison in
Stanley, as long as it complied with building codes. However, he
said the facility could not be used as a prison without state
approval.
With an inmate population of 18,714, Wisconsin's prisons are so
crowded that the state has been sending offenders to public and
private prisons it is renting in other states.
Dominion Asset Services of Edmond, Okla., hopes to complete the
private prison in Stanley by February and ...