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2. Lawsuits claim 66 people were abused as children in ... - AOL

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   May 22, 2024 at 8:28 AM. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Dozens of children who were sent to juvenile detention centers and similar facilities in Pennsylvania suffered physical and sexual abuse including ...

3. First witnesses take the stand in YDC civil trial - AOL

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   Apr. 10—A former Youth Development Center worker testified Wednesday afternoon that higher-ups encouraged violence in disciplining the center's residents back in the 1990s. Another worker ...

4. Pennsylvania Department of Human Services - Wikipedia

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   The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is a state agency in Pennsylvania dedicated to providing care and support to vulnerable citizens. With a range of program offices, the department administers various services including eligibility determination, foster care, early childhood development, services for individuals with disabilities, long-term living programs, and management of ...

5. Kids for cash scandal - Wikipedia

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   The kids for cash scandal centered on judicial kickbacks to two judges at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, US. [1] In 2008, judges Michael Conahan and Mark Ciavarella were convicted of accepting money in return for imposing harsh adjudications on juveniles to increase occupancy at a private prison operated ...

6. George Junior Republic (Pennsylvania) - Wikipedia

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   Coordinates: 41.171°N 80.111°W. George Junior Republic is an all-boys institution in western Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of Grove City. It is one of the nation's largest private non-profit residential treatment facilities. [1] George Junior Republic houses, schools, and disciplines 500 high school-aged boys from troubled backgrounds.

7. Covenant House York will host a Sleep Out event to raise ...

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   May 16, 2024 at 11:03 AM. This Friday, May 17 at 6 p.m., Covenant House, a nonprofit shelter in York for at-risk youth, is hosting an outdoor Sleep Out event for the first time in six years. The ...

8. Youth detention center - Wikipedia

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   Harris County Juvenile Detention Center, Houston, Texas In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC), juvenile detention, juvenile jail, juvenile hall, or more colloquially as juvie/juvy or the Juvey Joint, also sometimes referred to as observation home or remand home is a prison for people under the age of majority, to which they have been ...

9. Former New Hampshire youth center leader defends tenure ... - AOL

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   HOLLY RAMER. May 21, 2024 at 1:28 PM. CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The former head of New Hampshire’s youth detention center is defending himself against claims that he either encouraged physical ...