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Counties send fewer teens to troubled Wisconsin juvenile prison amid federal investigation
By postcrescent.com- Keegan Kyle
Published: 07/05/2017

Nineteen months after agents and lawyers raided Wisconsin’s youth prison over allegations of inmate abuse and other crimes, the number of people housed there remains far below pre-raid levels.

State officials have touted numerous upgrades since the Dec. 5, 2015, raid. But the sustained population drop signals some local authorities remain leery of the prison as federal investigations continue.

A day before the raid, 264 youths were housed at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and the Copper Lake School for Girls, according to state tallies. The facilities share a remote campus about 30 miles north of Wausau.

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