Juvenile Detention Facility Improvements On Schedule
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
State Division of Youth Services officials say
improvements to the juvenile lockup at Alexander are coming along
on schedule.
The center is under an agreement with federal officials to
improve conditions. Among deficiencies cited earlier were gaps in
mental health care, education and other areas.
The problems were identified after an investigation that
followed two suicides in the lockup by juvenile detainees.
The center has been run by a private company since September
2001.
