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| Attacks on juvenile detention staff skyrocket after policy change |
| By watchdog.org- Arthur Kane |
| Published: 12/08/2014 |
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Attacks on juvenile detention staff in Colorado skyrocketed starting in July, including an inmate knocking detention staff unconscious, a female inmate head-butting a worker causing a concussion and one inmate beating a 65-year-old employee nearly to death with a pillow case full of rocks. Between July and October, a Watchdog.org investigation found, 91 juvenile detention staffers were injured in incidents with youths – nearly twice the average of any other four-month period since November 2012, according to state figures obtained under open records laws. The increase of staff injuries started about the time state officials instituted a policy banning most seclusion to deal with violent youths. Read More. |
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