Delaware County’s youth detention facility 'failed to protect these children and provide them with the tools they needed to reform and grow, instead abandoning them in a dangerous environment with little to no oversight,” the Attorney General said.
after the Delaware County public defender collected affidavits from youth and former staff describing abuses. The county has named a new director and board of managers as steps toward reopening a juvenile facility, though plans have not been solidified. The facility remains licensed by the state Department of Human Services.
The report described a cover-up culture, in which staff failed to report or falsified reports, such as an assault caught on video in which an officer grabbed a boy by the throat, leaving marks. According to the grand jury, no incident reports were filed; it came to light only after he was transferred and staff at the next facility asked about the bruises.
“One detention officer even earned the nickname ‘23 and 1′ — a reference to being locked up for 23 hours and let out for one hour,” the report noted, “because he so frequently kept juveniles locked in their rooms.”
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