A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.

A Teenager Didn’t Do Her Online Schoolwork. So a Judge Sent Her to Juvenile Detention.

A 15-year-old in Michigan was incarcerated during the coronavirus pandemic after a judge ruled that not completing her schoolwork violated her probation. “It just doesn’t make any sense,” said the girl’s mother.

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MDHHS releases new rules to stop dangerous restraint usage in youth facilities, reform to improve child welfare system

MDHHS releases new rules to stop dangerous restraint usage in youth facilities, reform to improve child welfare system

Wave of oversight changes, police reform coming to Washtenaw Sheriff’s Office

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