Lincoln Hills

Support builds for Walker’s juvenile-justice plan (UPDATE)

Wisconsin sheriffs have joined counties and others in support of a juvenile-justice plan that would close the Lincoln Hills youth prison by 2021.

Wisconsin Assembly approves juvenile prison overhaul (UPDATE)

The latest version of a bipartisan plan to overhaul Wisconsin's juvenile-justice system would close the Lincoln Hills prison by 2021.

Walker’s juvenile prison overhaul plan up for vote

Gov. Scott Walker’s juvenile-justice overhaul plan that calls for closing the troubled Lincoln Hills prison is up for a committee vote that would make it ready for legislative approval next week.

Foxconn's arrival. A fatal explosion. A late state budget. Sexual misconduct in the Legislature. Wisconsin saw another tumultuous year in 2017. Here's a look at the biggest stories in the state in the past 12 months:

Wisconsin says pepper spray use reduced at juvenile prisons

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections says it's reducing the use of pepper spray on inmates at its troubled juvenile prisons by making a variety of changes to its policies and practices.

Judge grants class action status in youth prison lawsuit

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.

Judge orders changes at youth prisons by next week

The Wisconsin Department of Corrections must make a series of changes at Wisconsin's juvenile prisons to "drastically reduce," by July 21, the use of solitary confinement, pepper spray and shackles on young inmates, a federal judge ruled Monday.