Videos show teen inmates being pepper sprayed at Wisconsin youth prison

Molly Beck, Wisconsin State Journal •

Videos of two teen inmates being sprayed repeatedly by guards at the state's youth prison in Irma were released to the public on Thursday.

The recordings were shown during a two-day court hearing last month in lawsuit filed against the state Department of Corrections by former and current inmates at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls juvenile correctional facility. The inmates are being represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and the Juvenile Law Center.