The executive director of the Wisconsin Justice Initiative makes the case that youths at the Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prisons need a lot more help from the Legislature than they are getting. > The Cap Times
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ACLU seeks to end solitary confinement at state’s juvenile prisons
The ACLU of Wisconsin asked a judge Wednesday to temporarily ban the use of solitary confinement and other controversial punishments at the state’s Lincoln Hills prison for boys and Copper Lake prison for girls. > Wisconsin Justice Initiative
New allegations of abuse at state’s juvenile prisons
Boys and girls at Wisconsin’s Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons are strip searched frequently, sometimes in the sight of other inmates, according to new allegations in a federal court lawsuit over conditions at the two facilities. > Wisconsin Justice Initiative blog post
