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“The state just seems to have been moving very, very slowly in the face of widespread criticism of Lincoln Hills,” Peterson said.

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Marsha Levick, with the Juvenile Law Center, said Peterson was concerned with the use of pepper spray at the facilities but recognized the need for

A federal judge branded Wisconsin’s juvenile prison for boys as a “troubled institution” on Thursday, saying it puts too many inmates in isolation and over-relies

A federal judge says that Wisconsin's juvenile prison for boys is a "troubled institution" that overuses segregation, pepper spray and shackles on inmates.

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A federal appeals court has refused to reinstate the conviction of a Wisconsin man convicted of helping his uncle kill a woman in a murder

Separately, the complex has been under criminal investigation for 2½ years for prisoner abuse and child neglect.

The lawsuit, brought with the assistance of the American Civil

"In many of these cases, there's no reason for these people to be on lifetime parole," said Marsha Levick, deputy director and chief council for

Juvenile officials throughout the nation developed innovative programs to address the problem, but there was no easily accessible means to share that information with other

The ACLU reviewed a year’s worth of strip search log to verify the low contraband percentage.

The ‘hit rate’ for finding contraband was 1.6%.

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