As juvenile justice experts around the nation were recommending smaller, more localized facilities, Wisconsin went in the opposite direction, consolidating operations in a remote setting. … “This is a 19th century or early 20th century model, where you have a large state-operated facility hours away from the urban centers,” said Jeffrey Butts, director of a research center at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. “It is profoundly ineffective and wasteful.” Continue reading Milwaukee Journal Sentinel—Crisis at Lincoln Hills Juvenile Prison Years in Making