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County juvenile hall cuts use of force, beefs up education in lawsuit's wake
By sacbee.com - Andy Furillo
Published: 07/27/2013

California -S un shines through the skylights and tomatoes grow on the outdoor patios. Staff members smile and chat people up. Modern three-dimensional artwork decorates the walls.

Lines of kids walking single file and looking straight ahead give away that it's a correctional setting, but even at that, the Sacramento County Youth Detention Facility – juvenile hall – is a calmer, cooler place these days.

Seven years ago, the Prison Law Office in Berkeley had considered the facility a disaster area for juvenile detainees and filed a lawsuit to fix it.

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