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• Advocates file complaint over Texas youth prison conditions

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  The groups say inadequate staffing has made chaos commonplace in five rural facilities

• The impact of COVID-19 on juvenile offenders in Florida

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  As of August 20, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice resumed limited family visitation to facilities that have no active COVID-19 cases

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  Double the impact: How combining less lethal devices and bodycams can enhance safety in corrections

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  Body-worn cameras and TASER CEWs often have a calming effect on tense situations, but using them together can also cut down on complaints and boost transparency

• Dozens infected with COVID-19 at Calif. youth prisons

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  With no plans to release youth offenders early, prison officials said they have been taking steps to limit the spread of COVID-19

• 2 Va. escapees captured in Mich. after nearly 2 weeks

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  The inmates overpowered a CO, took his keys and escaped through a hole in the fence to a waiting car

• Advocates raise alarms as COVID-19 cases rise inside Colo.'s juvenile prisons

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  Advocates are calling for more youth to be released, more stringent health protocols and expanded testing to control the spread

• Calif. county settles suit with disability rights groups over juvenile detention facilities

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  Under the terms of the settlement, the county will transition its three juvenile facilities from a corrections model to a treatment model

• COVID-19 outbreak strikes Ohio juvenile detention center

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  Of the 27 staff members who tested positive, 20 are corrections officers, five are managers and two are crisis counselors

• 3 juveniles destroy property at Kan. correctional complex

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  The offenders housed at the Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex broke desk drawers, damaged electronic equipment, threw supplies and cracked three windows

• Riots and fear as COVID-19 hits U.S. juvenile centers

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  Currently, 150 juveniles and 283 staff members at facilities nationwide have tested positive for the novel coronavirus

• COVID-19 outbreak, riot and escape add fuel to debate over La. youth prison releases

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  Advocates said the dramatic incidents underscored their call for youths to be released to their homes

• 25 kids test positive for COVID-19 at Va. juvenile detention center

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  Children's rights advocates and health experts have called on Gov. Ralph Northam to start releasing as many children as safely possible from centers

• Study: Calif. should release young offenders in wake of COVID-19 threat

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  The study's authors are asking the Division of Juvenile Justice to begin systematically releasing children in state custody

• Kids under threat: COVID-19 hitting juvenile detention centers

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  More than 30 correctional administrators and rights advocates called for the release of vulnerable youth and for the stoppage of new admissions

• SC juvenile prison director promises to improve conditions

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  The U.S. DOJ ordered officials to begin making a series of changes in less than two months or face a lawsuit

• Federal report: Fewer kids report sex abuse in US juvenile detention centers

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  Departments nationwide are using the data to implement policies against sexual abuse in detention

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