Advocates Sound the Alarm on Northern Michigan’s Juvenile Justice System
Cameron Clark is a Leelanau County family court administrator. He’s on the front lines of helping to place juveniles somewhere safe when necessary. He says the juvenile justice system is in crisis.
“It’s very uncomfortable. And I’ve told the judges several times. It’s very uncomfortable to go to bed at night myself knowing that we cannot guarantee the safety of our community because there’s no place to put a young person who is out of out of control and unsafe to themselves or others,” Clark said.
Clark, along with Grand Traverse County family court administrator, Kristyn Brendel, are pushing for the construction of a court-run, 32-bed detention and treatment center. They say there are no facilities in Northern Michigan.
