5 takeaways from a new report on Lincoln Hills, Wisconsin's troubled youth prison

A court-ordered monitor found “high levels” of confining youth to their cells and little time in the prison’s classrooms or face-to-face with teachers.

     

Source: GreenBayPressGazette.com



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