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Children detained in South Carolina live with feces on floors, mold on walls, and roaches in their food, suit says
The suit, filed by the NAACP and other groups, allege nightmarish conditions where children are rou…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Fentanyl spread through air vents at an Ohio detention center, sending 7 people, including corrections officers, to a hospital, authorities say
The victims were identified as three corrections officers and four juveniles. Authorities are condu…
Taylor Ardrey
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A 13-year-old Florida girl is suing her school and Instagram after she was wrongfully detained for 11 days after a classmate reportedly framed her
Police said Nia Whims' 12-year-old classmate framed her, creating a fake Instagram account to imper…
Michelle Mark
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Tennessee judge who routinely jailed children announced she's retiring, but traumatized former detainees say she's leaving the bench to 'avoid guilt'
One of the former detainees who was arrested and jailed as a minor said Judge Donna Davenport appea…
Katie Balevic
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A Tennessee judge created and used policies - and a nonexistent law - to jail children, investigation finds
"I'm very harsh. I like to think I'm fair, but I'm tough," the judge, who touted her record as a di…
Katie Balevic
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A Michigan court has released the 15-year-old girl who was jailed for failing to complete her homework
Grace was released from a juvenile detention center in Michigan and reunited with her mother Friday…
Taylor Ardrey
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'For her own good': A Michigan judge said she won't release a 15-year-old Black girl who was jailed for not completing her online homework
The teen was jailed for allegedly violating her probation when she failed to meet a requirement to …
Taylor Ardrey
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'Stuck in a system': Former child detainees speak out about a Tennessee juvenile detention center and the controversial judge who put them there
"Juvenile was not rehabilitation. It was more like torture," one person who served time in the Ruth…
Katie Balevic
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Virginia juvenile detention center new coronavirus hotspot
Experts say that prisons and jails can act as petri-dishes for the coronavirus. Social distancing …
PTI
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A Louisiana security guard is accused of helping 3 juvenile inmates escape
Authorities said they detained security guard Victoria Tune, 21, and the three inmates at a Houston…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Michigan school shooting suspect to be held in isolation at adult detention facility
Ethan Crumbley, 15, was charged with four counts of first-degree murder in connection with the shoo…
Charles Davis
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A 17-year-old white supremacist apologized for her plot to attack a Black Georgia church and was sentenced to juvenile detention
Caitlyn Pye had a notebook detailing her plan to hurt Black churchgoers, a t-shirt that said "free …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Florida prisons may violate policy by locking people in unsanitary shower stalls for hours on end
Prisoners say the stalls are often filthy, with feces, urine, black mold, and mice; one man said he…
Nicole Einbinder
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Detention hearing for Amir Locke's cousin, Mehki Speed, delayed until next week, allowing his family to consult with attorneys
Mehki Speed, 17, is charged with murder in a case that resulted in Minnesota police killing his cou…
Charles R. Davis
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A Black teen didn't do her online schoolwork during the pandemic. A judge sent her to juvenile detention.
Black youth in Michigan are incarcerated more than 4 times as often as white youth. The governor ha…
Jodi S. Cohen
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A Jewish teacher resigned due to antisemitic comments from a 12-year-old student, who's facing criminal charges
Jewish teacher Morrison Robblee resigned from his job after a 6th grade student joked about the Hol…
Erin Snodgrass,Michelle Mark
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Her son said his stepdad was sexually abusive. A judge gave the stepdad custody anyway. Then she found the photographs.
How the 'junk science' of parental alienation infiltrated American family courts and allowed accuse…
Olivia Gentile
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Iowa judge orders 17-year-old who killed her alleged rapist to pay $150,000 to his family
Pieper Lewis was 15 when she stabbed and killed the man who she said raped her. She avoided a poten…
Mia Jankowicz
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A 30-year-old has free bled since she was 15. The detention center where she lived for 3 years banned tampons.
Shaylyn Wade didn't realize there was a tampon shortage, as she's been free bleeding with toilet pa…
Julia Naftulin
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The US's Syrian partners are still guarding hundreds of ISIS prisoners
"The Kurds are legit good fighters and they are very easy to work with," a US Army Green Beret told…