Youth prison staff member dies after assault

ADAM KELNHOFER and ANNA HANSEN Wisconsin State Journal
Jun 26, 2024
Jun 26, 2024 Updated Jun 28, 2025

Lincoln Hills — The northern Wisconsin facility houses the state’s most serious juvenile male offenders. Over the years, the prison has experienced a litany of problems, including a 2016 raid by federal agents that resulted in a federal court order to close the prison and have the state revise many of its youth inmate policies to comply with national standards.
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ADAM KELNHOFER and ANNA HANSEN Wisconsin State Journal

A guard at a troubled Wisconsin youth prison has died from injuries he sustained in an attack by an inmate that also sent another staff member to the hospital Monday night.

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