A federal judge has given final approval to an agreement which ends the use of pepper spray and solitary confinement at Wisconsin juvenile prisons. The deal approved by U-S District Judge James Peterson greatly limits when restraints can be used. The settlement approved at a Thursday hearing wraps up a class-action lawsuit brought by the A-C-L-U and the Juvenile Law Center. The Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake prisons are scheduled to close by 2021 as part of a restructuring worked out earlier this year.
Federal Judge Approves Agreement For Wisconsin Juvenile Prisons
Sep 15, 2018 | 9:00 PM
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