Tennessee considers building new juvenile detention facility

Tennessee Considers Building New Juvenile Detention Facility

State already caught up in lawsuit over treatment of youth offenders. Image: A replacement for the John S. Wilder Youth Development Center in West Tennessee is slated to be built. Image Credit: Google Earth By Sam Stockard [The Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Tennessee is planning to build a juvenile detainment facility for pre-adjudication in West Tennessee even as it spends hundreds of millions reconstructing two facilities, all while th…

Tennessee considers building new juvenile detention facility • Tennessee Lookout

Tennessee plans to build a juvenile detainment facility in West Tennessee even as the state is in a lawsuit over mistreatment of youth.

Tennessee considers building new juvenile detention facility

Tennessee is planning to build a juvenile detainment facility for pre-adjudication in West Tennessee even as it spends hundreds of millions reconstructing two facilities, all while the state is mired in a lawsuit alleging mistreatment of youth offenders. Republican Sen.…