By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of the Wisconsin Department of Corrections said Thursday that the state’s troubled prisons for juveniles are safe, a week…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Latest on Wisconsin youth prison investigation, lawsuit (all times local): 1 p.m. Gov. Scott Walker’s administration says it has made “significant progress” in meeting a…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has given class action status to juvenile inmates in a lawsuit over conditions and practices at the youth prison complex in northern Wisconsin.…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A new report shows guards at Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison used pepper spray on more than 50 inmates during the first half of 2017. Attorneys for…
By TODD RICHMOND, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The head of Wisconsin’s troubled youth prison is stepping down, forcing state officials to launch a search for the facility’s fourth…
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections must make a series of changes at Wisconsin’s juvenile prisons to “drastically reduce” the use of…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says a plan for changes in confinement at the state’s juvenile prisons will give the department time to train staff on…
By SCOTT BAUER, Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge issued a stinging rebuke Friday of disciplinary practices at Wisconsin’s youth prisons, saying state officials have demonstrated a…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Corrections is closing an internal affairs unit whose investigation into employee misconduct at the state’s youth prison prompted ongoing federal investigation into…
A former inmate at Copper Lake School for Girls has filed a federal lawsuit alleging staff ignored a series of warning signs that could have prevented her attempted suicide. The…
