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| Top official visited troubled Lincoln Hills — then praised its leaders |
| By jsonline.com- Patrick Marley and Jason Stein |
| Published: 01/07/2016 |
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Madison— State Corrections Secretary Ed Wall and his closest aides visited the troubled Lincoln Hills School with the local sheriff in August — giving him a chance to personally assess allegations of abuse and other problems at the secure institution four months before they became public. Three months after that visit, Wall praised the two top officials responsible for the school 30 miles north of Wausau when the department announced they would both retire on Jan. 9. Two weeks after Wall sent that memo to all staff, the two officials left their jobs prematurely on Dec. 2 after a teenage inmate had to have his toes amputated when he was shoved partially into his cell and a metal door was slammed on his foot. Wall has given no explanation for why he had touted the performance of John Ourada, the school's superintendent at the time, and Paul Westerhaus, who was the administrator of the Division of Juvenile Corrections. Their departure from the agency came the same day as the first hearing was held in a John Doe probe looking into possible sexual assault, physical child abuse, intimidation of victims and witnesses, and a slew of other crimes at the school. Read More. |
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