juvenile justice system

17-year-old Rian Nyblom pled guilty to two counts of battery by a prisoner as a party to a crime.

A Lincoln County Judge ruled Wednesday that 16-year-old Javarius Hurd will remain in the adult court system

A judge on Tuesday ordered one of two inmates charged in connection with a Wisconsin youth prison counselor's death this summer to stand trial

Gov. Tony Evers asked a federal judge Wednesday not to impose any changes at Wisconsin's youth prison after an inmate was accused of killing a counselor during a fight earlier this summer, insisting conditions at the prison have been slowly improving despite the death

Online court records show 17-year-old Rian Nyblom was charged in Lincoln County Circuit Court with being a party to felony murder-battery and two counts of being a party to battery by a prisoner in connection with Monday’s fight at Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake Schools, the state's youth prison in Irma

Operations are at the best they have been since 2019 at an embattled Wisconsin juvenile prison, while staffing shortages are hampering further progress

Task force recommends changes to keep kids in Michigan out of the juvenile justice system

According to the Annie E. Casey Foundation, about 22,500 juveniles were arrested in Wisconsin in 2020, the lowest number in at least ten years.

The state Assembly has approved funding for a new youth prison to replace the state's troubled facility in northern Wisconsin