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Operations are at the best they have been since 2019 at an embattled Wisconsin juvenile prison, while staffing shortages are hampering further progress
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The Milwaukee Common Council has approved building a new youth prison in the city.
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Tuesday, Governor Evers announced the Department of Corrections has selected a site for the new youth prison. It will be in northwest Milwaukee.
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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.
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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.
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The legislation would allow the state to borrow $42 million to build a new youth prison in Milwaukee County.
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The state Assembly has approved funding for a new youth prison to replace the state's troubled facility in northern Wisconsin
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The measure comes after years of delays in closing the embattled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake juvenile prisons in Lincoln County.
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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…
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Warning: some listeners may find the details in this story disturbing and graphic. The Lincoln Hills-Copper Lake juvenile prisons in Lincoln County were…