Detention Center Slapped With Lawsuit

Mississippi Lawsuit A federal lawsuit filed against a Mississippi juvenile detention center alleges unsanitary conditions widespread infections and abuse.

by Associated Press

Published: Mon, April 20, 2009 - 2:04 pm CST Last Updated: Mon, April 20, 2009 - 2:12 pm CST

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A federal lawsuit alleges squalid
conditions and physical and emotional abuse at a south Mississippi
juvenile detention center.
The lawsuit was filed Monday against Harrison County over a
juvenile detention center run by a private company. The suit says
the county pays the company $1.6 million a year.
A call Monday to Harrison County's administrator was not
immediately returned.
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Gulfport by a
youth advocacy group on behalf of a 17-year-old boy referred to
only by the initials "D.W."
The lawsuit alleges juveniles at the facility have been
subjected to assaults by staff, 23-hour a day lock-down and
"unsanitary conditions resulting in widespread contraction of
scabies and staph infections."

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Hate-it Says:

Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 3:17 pm

If there are paying someone other than the convicts who are already locked up there, its a waste of money. Teach them a job while being detained there, CLEANING. If you watch kids on the street and go into certain neighborhoods, there is nothing but trash in the yards, streets and being thrown out of car windows. No respect for this planet, they will be the death of this planet.