State agrees to pay $18.9 million in civil settlement for disabled teen

The state of Wisconsin agreed Tuesday to pay $18.9 million to a former teenage inmate of the state juvenile prison after severe brain damage from a suicide attempt. According to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, this is the largest civil rights settlement the state has ever reached. According to the Journal Sentinel, Sydni Briggs of Janesville … Continue reading State agrees to pay $18.9 million in civil settlement for disabled teen