BREAKING: A Black Michigan teen has been released after she was jailed for months for skipping her school assignments. The 15-year-old was detained even as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called for decreasing juvenile detention during the coronavirus pandemic.
15-year-old Michigan girl was released from juvenile detention on Friday, months after being jailed for skipping her schoolwork.
The Michigan Court of Appeals ordered the immediate release of the Black high school student — identified by her middle name, Grace — into her mother’s custody “pending appeal or further order of this court,”Grace was detained in May after a judge said she violated her probation when she skipped school assignments,The teen, who has ADHD and received special education services at her school, has since been placed in a residential mental health treatment program, according to ProPublica.
The girl was placed on probation April 21 after she was charged with assault and theft for separate incidents last year. Her probation officer filed a violation against her May 5, saying Grace violated probation after her “failure to submit any schoolwork and getting up for school,” according to the publication.
Earlier this month, Grace pleaded to be released, but Oakland County Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Brennan “I miss my mom,” Grace said during the three-hour hearing. “I can control myself. I can be obedient.”. “The right thing is for you and your mom to be separated for right now.”
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