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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s attorney general launched an investigation Thursday into the state youth detention center after two former counselors were charged with raping a teenage boy 82 times, at least once at gunpoint, in the late 1990s. The “comprehensive, multi-faceted” investigation into the Sununu Youth Services Center will initially focus on the […]

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco will close its juvenile hall by the end of 2021 after supervisors voted to end the practice of holding children in jail cells while they await their judicial fate. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that the Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to close the 150-bed facility that currently houses 39 […]

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Security upgrades at a troubled youth detention center in Nashville were not enough to prevent 13 teenagers from escaping Friday, the second major breakout from the facility this month. Tennessee Department of Children’s Services spokesman Rob Johnson said several teens overpowered a guard at the Woodland Hills Youth Development Center about […]