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Future of youth detention center faces off with Racine neighborhood's hopes


RACINE — The City of Racine has no real way to prevent Racine County from building a $45 million juvenile detention facility on Taylor Avenue. The county plans to replace the current outdated, nearly windowless Racine County Juvenile Detention Center on the fourth floor of the county human resources center at 1717 Taylor Ave.
Construction of the new facility would be mostly paid for by the state, which has been looking to close larger, troubled facilities rife with abuse with more rehabilitative, small-scale facilities. Racine County’s planned “Youth Development and Care Center” would only hold up to 48 youths.
Even without a real method of interjection since the county already owns the land necessary — having purchased the long-vacant lumberyard across the street from 1717 Taylor Ave. — and has the funding secured, the fight to stop shovels from hitting the ground remains. ....

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