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Milwaukee's Justice Building Crisis | Milwaukee News
Milwaukee County faces a $897 million rebuild of its crumbling 100-year-old Public Safety Building—where failing roofs, flooded offices, and sweltering courtrooms threaten justice itself. With $500K spent annually just to patch leaks and outdated infrastructure, officials know a fix isn’t enough: the building’s design is fundamentally broken, lacking accessibility, air quality, and privacy—creating chaos in courtrooms and risking mistrials. Cheaper fixes or relocation to the suburbs only deepen the problems. With no state funding and costs rising $4M monthly, rebuilding is the only path to a…
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