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New Rules In Store for Wisconsin Juvenile Inmate Treatment

New rules expected over inmate treatment at state juvenile detention facilities in Irma.

Aired 07/07/2017

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New Rules In Store for Wisconsin Juvenile Inmate Treatment

Clip: Season 1600 Episode 1601 | 1m 10sVideo has Closed Captions

New rules expected over inmate treatment at state juvenile detention facilities in Irma.

Today was the deadline a federal judge in Madison set for two sides in a lawsuit over conditions at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake state juvenile detention facilities to submit a plan for how to substantially change how inmates are treated, including the use of pepper spray and solidarity confinement. The facility is also under federal criminal investigation for prisoner abuse and child neglect.

Aired 07/07/2017

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