WATCH | Judge voices concerns about Garland County’s juvenile detention system
Garland County has been sending juvenile offenders who have to be incarcerated to Jefferson County since the local juvenile detention center closed last summer…
Juvenile justice
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3 Alexander youth lockup escapees caught
Three inmates who escaped from Alexander Youth Services on Sunday night after assaulting a guard were taken into custody around 6:30 a.m. Monday, according to …
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Closed youth lockup to gain new purpose as teen treatment facility
State officials plan to repurpose a former youth lockup at Lewisville into a substance abuse treatment facility for teens, which judges and advocates say will …
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Reports on Arkansas' youth lockups faulted; details of 2 events lacking, state says
A staffer for the company that manages Arkansas' youth lockups omitted key information while reporting two incidents, including one in which a direct care work…
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Firm: Will remedy state's youth lockup woes
The company that manages Arkansas’ youth lockups promised to offer training sessions, hire new staff members and improve communication to address problems the …
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Incident reporting said to lag at Arkansas youth lockups
The company that manages Arkansas' four youth lockups was delayed in reporting at least 110 incidents involving children in its care since the firm took over m…
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State's overhaul in juvenile justice hits 2nd phase
As a private group assumes management today of all four of the state's youth lockups, Arkansas begins a second phase of an overhaul of its long-troubled juveni…
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Director of Miller County youth lockup suspended without pay
TEXARKANA -- After spending less than an hour in executive session, Miller County Quorum Court members agreed during a special meeting Monday to suspend the co…
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New firm to manage state's youth lockups
A Nevada company is poised to take over management of all state youth lockups until 2023, after lawmakers Wednesday approved a contract worth more than $70 mil…
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Nevada firm to take over state’s youth lockups
A Nevada-based firm will take over management of all of the state’s youth lockups on July 1 with a contract of over $70 million that ends in 2023, state offici…
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Operator of 4 youth lockups set to exit contract with state
Citing a lack of support and financial loss, the company that manages four state youth lockups said it won’t continue its contract past June 30, although state…
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2 lawsuits cite abuse at Arkansas youth lockup
The company that operates a state-owned youth lockup in Lewisville failed to protect children by allowing staff members to restrain them for long periods of ti…
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Central Arkansas youth offenders program helps with second chances
The tall 11-year-old boy with close-cropped hair, dressed in bluejeans with a polo shirt, dwarfed his mother as they both stared wide-eyed from the lectern at …
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Fired youth lockup worker on Texas job; Arkansas ombudsman questions his move to facility within same company
Officials with the company that operates four Arkansas youth lockups told the state and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that it had fired three employees after c…
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3 workers fired after email says youths abused at state lockup; 'this is torture,' ombudsman writes
The company that operates the state's youth lockups fired three employees, including a facility director, after an incident in which children at the Lewisville…
