A judge has denied a civil contempt motion against Hennepin County for keeping a 12-year-old boy locked up illegally in the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC). The case has shined a spotlight on the ...
The JDC upholds a 1-8 ratio for compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act, according to officials. Hennepin County is certainly not alone in battling staffing problems for juvenile detention ...