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Feds say NYC jails extremely violent, unsafe for teenage inmates and that reforms are needed

NEW YORK, N.Y. - New York City's juvenile jails are extremely violent and unsafe, the result of a deeply ingrained culture of violence in which guards routinely violate constitutional rights of teenage inmates and subject them to "rampant use of unnecessary and excessive force," the federal government said in a scathing report released Monday. [read the full story here]

Associated Press, Monday, August 4, 2014
Tags: Prison Conditions & Corruption, New York
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