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Overcrowding at D.C. Juvenile Detention Center

January 21, 2010 Juveniles

The Washington Post reported this morning on extensive overcrowding at Washington, D.C.’s youth detention center on Mount Olivet Road.  According to the Post, as many as 156 juveniles have been crammed into a facility designed to house no more than 88:  “The surge in detainees has strained space and staff . . . and has [...]

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