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Three Ways to Take Action and Support HB 1276

Juvenile Law Center,
With your help, we can get this crucial piece of legislation passed this year. Here are three ways you can take action and help get HB 1276 passed.
In The News

Lincoln Hills Youth Prison Continues Use of Pepper Spray, Strip Searches

Riley Vetterkind, Wisconsin State Journal •

The court order stems from a lawsuit filed by inmates at the prison. The state settled in 2018, agreeing to reduce and eventually prohibit the

In The News

Twenty Years Later, What Have We Learned from the Columbine Massacre?

Nelson Oliveira NELSON OLIVEIRA, New York Daily News •

Marsha Levick, co-founder of the Juvenile Law Center, finds that turning schools into high-security facilities and training children for active shooter scenarios have created “a

Press Releases

Court-Ordered Monitor Files Report on Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Juvenile Facilities

Juvenile Law Center, ACLU of Wisconsin,
While the report details some progress, advocates remain concerned about use of solitary, inadequate staffing, and increase in strip searches.
In The News

Kaul Won't Restart Juvenile Prison Investigation

Scott Bauer, StarTribune •

Another lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and Juvenile Law Center led to a federal judge ordering that guards greatly reduce

Press Releases

Representative Hickernell Re-introduces Bill to Increase Access to Higher Education for Pennsylvania Youth Aging out of Foster Care

Juvenile Law Center,
Advocates and youth celebrate the introduction of tuition-waiver bill which would bring the Commonwealth in line with neighboring states
In The News

Inmates Still Being Strip Searched, Pepper Sprayed and At Risk of Suicide At Lincoln Hills Youth Prison

Molly Beck, Patrick Marley, Bill Glauber, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel •

Inmates sued the state over conditions at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake in 2016 with the assistance of the ACLU and Juvenile Law Center. In a

In The News

Inspired by My Father, Muhammad Ali, I Support The Lawsuit Against Glen Mills Schools

Khaliah Ali Wertheimer, The Inquirer •
The suit, filed Thursday by Juvenile Law Center, Education Law Center, and Dechert LLP, seeks financial damages on behalf of the students sent to Glen Mills by the courts only to be abused.