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In a news release announcing the groundbreaking for the prisons, Slattery called the new facilities “the future of American corrections.” Among the new Correctional Services Corp. prisons was the Pahokee Youth Development Center, which sat in the middle of sugarcane fields in a rural, swampy part of the state northwest of Miami.
A look at Ohio's youth prisons and juvenile detention centers, overwhelmed by violence, trauma and staff shortages. | Your Nov. 13 Daily Briefing.
The bills covered a host of issues inside state prisons and would have raised the minimum wage for jobs done by those incarcerated, required facilities to allow people to bathe more frequently ...
They detailed problems Madison later noticed while touring prisons. “If an office of ombudsman existed, those complaints would fall on them instead of an internal system, which is not a good ...
The popular news media plays a crucial role in promoting the myth of a new generation of young "super-predators" threatening the public. [9] Despite documented decreases in youth crime, particularly in violent crime which indicate a 68% decline in youth homicide in the 1990s, overall media coverage of youth crime is increasing. [ 10 ]
But the problem runs far deeper than one jail gone rogue. In the course of reporting on a lawsuit against the Michigan prison system, I obtained a series of videos depicting the treatment of underage inmates in adult facilities, as well as hundreds of prison documents through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests and other sources.
Women in American prisons encounter numerous difficulties that often involve mental health problems, drug and alcohol issues, and trauma. These challenges not only make navigating the criminal justice system more difficult for women but also highlights broader societal issues such as gender-based violence, economic inequalities, and lack of mental health support. [1]
Gov. Mike DeWine wants a working group to examine problems found by an eight-month investigation into Ohio's youth prisons and local detention centers.