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After local pushback, proposed juvenile treatment facility in Newbury in limbo pending Vt. Supreme
https://www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2023-01-26/after-local-pushback-proposed-juvenile-treatment-facility-in-newbury-in-limbo-pending-vt-supreme-court-appealAfter local pushback, proposed juvenile treatment facility in Newbury in limbo pending Vt. Supreme Court appeal
Vermont Public | By Liam Elder-Connors
Published January 26, 2023 at 5:00 AM EST
In the fall of 2020, the state shuttered Woodside, the only juvenile detention center in Vermont. The state was holding fewer kids at the aging facility, and some of the youth held there accused staffers of using excessive force and unlawful restraints.
Without Woodside, kids who need treatment in a locked setting have nowhere to go in state, and some arrested for violent crimes have ended up in adult prisons.
The state wants to create several smaller facilities to fill the void left by Woodside, including one in Newbury, to help kids address behaviors that can lead to criminal actions. But the proposal has met stiff opposition in the Orange County town, where residents argue they should be able to reject the proposal.
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Vermont Public | By Liam Elder-Connors
Published January 26, 2023 at 5:00 AM EST
In the fall of 2020, the state shuttered Woodside, the only juvenile detention center in Vermont. The state was holding fewer kids at the aging facility, and some of the youth held there accused staffers of using excessive force and unlawful restraints.
Without Woodside, kids who need treatment in a locked setting have nowhere to go in state, and some arrested for violent crimes have ended up in adult prisons.
The state wants to create several smaller facilities to fill the void left by Woodside, including one in Newbury, to help kids address behaviors that can lead to criminal actions. But the proposal has met stiff opposition in the Orange County town, where residents argue they should be able to reject the proposal.
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