DCS finds no 'deficiencies' in seclusion at Richard Bean Center
Last month, a report from the non-profit news agency ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio said the Richard L. Bean Center illegally locks juveniles alone in cells.
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Last month, a report from the non-profit news agency ProPublica and Nashville Public Radio said the Richard L. Bean Center illegally locks juveniles alone in cells.
Kids at the Richard L. Bean detention center in Knoxville, Tennessee are placed in solitary more than anywhere else in the state.
More than a dozen Tennessee lawmakers are urging the Department of Children’s services to look into juvenile detention centers across the state.
The report said the center's superintendent illegally locked juveniles alone in cells.
A ProPublica report out of Knoxville on the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center is rough reading.