- A first look at the ongoing legal trouble for the state's
juvenile corrections facilities in Irma.
Today was the deadline a federal judge in Madison set
for the two sides in a lawsuit over conditions
at the state juvenile detention facility to submit a plan
for how to substantially change how inmates are treated there.
He ruled two weeks ago that the use of solitary confinement and
pepper spray at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake Schools are
likely violations of inmates' constitutional protections.
- Final opportunity to comply and put your hand in.
- As part of the court case, the ACLU of Milwaukee
filed two videotapes from inside the institution
with the court on Thursday.
They show inmates being sprayed repeatedly with pepper spray.
The judge ordered attorneys to craft a plan that reduces
solitary confinement, narrowly defines when pepper spray
can be used and ordered shackles can only be used on inmates
for safety purposes.
Two other lawsuits have been filed and the prison
is under federal criminal investigation
for prisoner abuse and child neglect.