Juvenile Justice Staffing Crisis Exploding: From California to New York, Detention Centers Are Falling Apart – Youth Locked in Cells for Days
Juvenile justice staffing disaster is hitting red-alert ranges throughout America, and two of the nation’s greatest states — California and New York — are floor zero. Understaffed juvenile detention facilities are forcing children into harmful lockdowns, canceling faculty and medical care, and creating circumstances that watchdogs are calling “human rights violations.” From Los Angeles County’s … Read more