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.
There is a one-in-eight chance a child in Tennessee will be a victim of abuse by the time they become an adult, which costs the state more than $3.33 billion a year, according to a new report.
The League of Women Voters of Williamson County will hold their next virtual meeting on the topic of "The well-being of children in Tennessee" on Wednesday, April 19.