Legislators work to develop new, smaller facilities for juveniles

Despite the Department of Corrections’ attempts to change the culture, Wisconsin youth prisons have had an increase in staff and youth assaults in the last year.   According to a report requested by 27 News to the Department of Corrections, from 2018-2019, youth-on-youth assaults at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake increased from 118 to 165 and … Continue reading Legislators work to develop new, smaller facilities for juveniles