Juvenile Justice: Yell County

  • Youth unit told to scrap restraint, taped helmet

    The state Youth Services Division has directed the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center to stop restraining children in a manner that the state says is "poten…

    by Chad Day October 9, 2014

  • 3 youth lockups urged to end use of Wrap device

    The state Youth Services Division sent letters Friday to three juvenile-detention centers, urging them to stop using a restraining device that immobilizes chil…

    by Aziza Musa October 11, 2014

  • Youth lockup used restraint as punishment

    One kid threw wet socks. Another flipped off a staff member. Several others beat on doors and walls in their cells and didn't stop when asked.

    by Chad Day November 18, 2014

  • Hutchinson pops in at kids lockup

    Gov.-elect Asa Hutchinson made a surprise visit Tuesday to the state's largest youth lockup, where he met with boys and girls housed there as well as new leade…

    by Chad Day December 3, 2014

  • Report lauds kids lockup's new measures

    The state Division of Youth Services released a report Wednesday praising action taken by Yell County officials after a youth advocate discovered that the coun…

    by Chad Day December 11, 2014

  • Bound and punished

    Sitting in the restraint at the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center, the girl could barely move.

    by Chad Day December 21, 2014

  • State cuts off Yell County from jail kids

    The state Youth Services Division announced Tuesday that it will stop sending youths to the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center in Danville until it is satis…

    by Chad Day December 24, 2014

  • Yell County to replace director at youth lockup

    The Yell County sheriff's office will replace the administrator of its juvenile detention center, a move that follows an Arkansas Democrat-Gazette investigatio…

    by Chad Day December 30, 2014

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