Lincoln Hills

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.

Wisconsin legislators passed a bipartisan agreement this month to build a replacement for the controversial Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons, a move one advocate said should come with a new approach to youth justice.

The legislation would allow the state to borrow $42 million to build a new youth prison in Milwaukee County.

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

The measure comes after years of delays in closing the embattled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prisons in Lincoln County.

The Wisconsin Legislature’s budget committee has voted to expand a mental health center in Madison to reduce the number of inmates at the state’s juvenile…

Warning: some listeners may find the details in this story disturbing and graphic. The Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake juvenile prisons in Lincoln County were…

The latest report from a court-ordered monitor finds that conditions are worsening at Wisconsin’s juvenile prisons, in part due to challenges posed by the…

National Guard troops were at the Lincoln Hills youth prison near Irma Thursday, helping test staff for COVID-19.It’s part of an effort by the Department…

No injuries were reported after a weekend disturbance at the Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake School near Irma. Some damage was reported.The Lincoln County…