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Despite outcry at juvenile detention centers, Tennessee lawmakers fail to pass oversight bill

(This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with WPLN/Nashville Public Radio. Sign up for Dispatches to get stories like this one as soon as they are published.) A bill that would strengthen oversight of Tennessee’s juvenile detention centers has failed, despite a concerted push for reform after multiple county-run facilities were found to […] The post Despite outcry at juvenile detention centers, Tennessee lawmakers fail to pass oversight bill appeared fir

Tennessee Juvenile Detention Oversight Bill Fails Despite Outcry Over Treatment of Children — ProPublica

The legislation, sponsored by two prominent Republicans, had backing from the Department of Children’s Services and would have cost the state nothing. Child welfare advocates are baffled as to why it failed.

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Organizations seek collaboration with Shelby Co. sheriff to ensure detained youth get education, support

After reports of problems in TN juvenile justice facilities, new report outlines solutions

Following a scathing report detailing criminal treatment of juvenile offenders at one Tennessee facility, the same group is back with solutions.

New report is a call to action to improve Tennessee's juvenile justice system

Lawsuit Alleges Youth Detention Centers Repeatedly Pepper-Sprayed Children

Disability Rights Tennessee has filed a federal lawsuit seeking records from three Middle Tennessee youth detention centers

Knoxville's Youth Detention Center Locked Up Kids Alone 1,000 Times in Three Months — ProPublica

Though Tennessee says the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center is improving, new reporting suggests that though the facility claims its use of seclusion is voluntary, the kids don’t see it that way.

A 12-year-old with special needs handcuffed and 'hog-tied' in DCS run home

DCS quietly changed its policy on handcuffing children to allow its use in DCS run transitional homes.

A Knoxville Detention Center Illegally Locks Kids Up Alone — ProPublica

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center has been punishing kids with seclusion more than any other facility in Tennessee. And as the laws and rules on how to treat kids changed, the facility failed to keep up.