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Data Reveals Prior Problems at Youth Detention Center

Posted by: Brittany Sims on Sep 24, 2014

Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Middle Tennessee was already having problems in the months leading up to the escape of 32 teens from the facility, according to recent data. The information obtained by The Tennessean shows between January and early September, there were 145 reported incidents of violence at Woodland Hills. Everette Parrish, an attorney appointed to represent the civil rights of youths at the facility, said he has received several reports from youths who escaped and returned, or were captured, that physical abuse had factored into their decision to flee. A special unit within the Department of Children's Services has opened investigations into abuse and neglect of teens at the facility, officials said last week. The Johnson City Press has more.