ALLOUEZ (NBC 26) — Green Bay Correctional Institution (GBCI) is adding 50 more beds — 25 per cell hall — according the Wisconsin Department of Corrections.
The DOC wrote in an email to NBC 26: "The additional beds will allow GBCI to accept persons in our care from other institutions as needed."
The additional beds will convert single-occupancy cells to double occupancy.
At its most recent count, the prison was already well over-capacity, with 1,085 inmates, in a facility designed for 749.
This comes as Governor Tony Evers proposes major prison reform statewide, including closing GBCI.
