U.S. Attorney's Office files no charges against Lincoln Hills staff

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U.S. Attorney's Office files no charges against Lincoln Hills staff

https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/u-s-attorney-s-office-files-no-charges-against-lincoln/article_a48c45f6-644a-57e9-8e96-77e09cd517fc.html

RILEY VETTERKIND [e-mail] 11 hrs ago


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Lincoln Hills

The Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls.
ASSOCIATED PRESS


The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Friday it has filed no charges in a years-long investigation into alleged abuses by staff against inmates at Lincoln Hills youth prison.

Federal officials said they found insufficient evidence to bring federal criminal civil rights charges against staff members at the Lincoln Hills facility, located in northern Wisconsin near Irma, concluding a troubling chapter in the state’s juvenile justice system.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Wisconsin, the Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the FBI picked up the investigation into allegations the youth prison’s staff members used unreasonable force against inmates after an initial investigation by the state Department of Justice requested by the Department of Corrections.

The investigation has accompanied multiple separate lawsuits stemming from such alleged abuses against the youth housed there.

In a statement, Gov. Tony Evers spokeswoman Melissa Baldauff said the new administration is working to implement a youth corrections overhaul to ensure the well-being of inmates and staff.........................