Groups that sued the state over conditions at the state’s juvenile prison say a new report ordered by a federal judge shows that “alarming and harmful conditions remain.”
A court-appointed monitor says Lincoln Hills is still relying on pepper spray for nonviolent incidents. There are also reports that while there’s a reduced reliance on solitary confinement, some inmates remain in isolation for weeks.
A judge last year ordered the end of the use of pepper spray, and called for solitary confinement to be nearly eliminated.
