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Teen inmates climbed Wisconsin juvenile prison roof, waved broken pipes and threw rocks at guards
By jsonline.com- Patrick Marley
Published: 10/26/2017

MADISON – Four juvenile inmates in August climbed onto the roof of a prison dorm, rained rocks and pieces of shingles down on guards and brandished 4-foot metal pipes at them, newly released records show.

The documents — obtained by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel under the state's open records law — detail an extended standoff that sent Lincoln Hills School for Boys into lockdown less than a month after a federal judge ordered the state to overhaul how it runs the juvenile prison. The facility, which shares a campus with Copper Lake School for Girls north of Wausau, is the subject of multiple lawsuits and a criminal investigation into the treatment of prisoners.

It is the latest incident to come to light in recent weeks in which workers have had to deal with major disruptions. On Sunday, five prison workers had to go to the hospital after a pair of incidents in one housing unit. Two weeks ago, an inmate punched a prison teacher in the face, knocking her out and giving her a black eye.

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