A federal judge has rejected Republican legislators' calls to give counselors at Wisconsin's youth prison more leeway in controlling inmates after a counselor was killed in a fight at the facility this summer.
FILE - This aerial photo shows Lincoln Hills juvenile prison on Dec. 10, 2015, in Irma, Wis. MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge has rejected Republican legislators’ calls to give counselors at Wisconsin ’s troubled youth prison more leeway in controlling and punishing inmates afterU.S. District Judge James Peterson sent a letter Tuesday to state Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Van Wanggaard and Democratic Gov.
He went on to say that the way to demand change is through a legal motion, which would give all parties involved in the case a chance to weigh in.
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