The day the teen was found unresponsive, leadership at Platte Valley Youth Services Center received information about staff bringing contraband narcotics into the facility, according to an incident…
The Platte Valley Youth Services Center building located at 2200 O St. in Greeley on Dec. 14, 2023. A staff member at a Greeley youth detention center allegedly provided drugs to a 16-year-old boy housed at the facility the night before he suffered a medical emergency last month, internal state incident reports show. The teen died two weeks later.found the unresponsive teen in his room, according to an incident report written by facility staff and reviewed by The Denver Post.
State officials declined to comment on the incident reports reviewed by The Post or the allegations that staff brought drugs into the facility. A spokesperson for the Weld County District Attorney’s Office said it doesn’t have a case against anyone in connection with the youth’s death. Division of Youth Services staff have introduced illegal drugs into detention centers and provided drugs directly to youth, the ombudsman’s letter alleges. Nearly 30 youth have ingested illicit substances, several have overdosed and one youth has died as a result of the drugs being smuggled into the facilities, the letter alleges.
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