Groups want Wisconsin to end solitary confinement of youth

Wisconsin juvenile advocacy groups are asking a federal court to order the state to stop using solitary confinement at its youth correctional facilities.

The ACLU of Wisconsin, in conjunction with the Juvenile Law Center and Quarles & Brady have filed a request for a preliminary injunction in federal court “to halt the unconstitutional use of solitary confinement and other inhumane conditions and practices for youth in state-run correctional facilities.”