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(The Center Square) – The court order that restricts what guards can do at Wisconsin’s youth prison for young men is not going to change. A federal judge denied a request from Republican lawmakers to modify the consent decree that governs the Lincoln Hills facility. “The way to call for change is to file a motion with the court, where all the parties will have a chance to weigh in with evidence,” U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson wrote in a letter to both lawmakers and Gov. Tony Evers. Republicans on the state’s committees for prisons asked Peterson to revisit the consent decree and giv…

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