Sweeping Deal With Teen Inmates Will See Wisconsin End Use Of Pepper Spray And Restrict Solitary At Teen Prisons

Inmates represented by the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin and Juvenile Law Center last year sued over conditions at Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake. U.S. District Judge James Peterson last summer issued an injunction curbing the use of pepper spray, solitary confinement and handcuffs at the prison complex.

Friday’s settlement would put even tighter limits on those practices. Peterson will consider the settlement and whether to sign off on it in the coming weeks.