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| More than 25 pct. of offenders in W.Va. juvenile detention centers are young adults |
| By .therepublic.com |
| Published: 07/23/2013 |
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CHARLESTON, West Virginia — It's not unusual for young adult offenders in West Virginia to be held at juvenile detention facilities. More than 25 percent of the offenders in juvenile facilities are 18 or older, according to state data. Under state law, young offenders can remain at juvenile facilities past their 18th birthday, depending on their sentences. But there is no policy to keep adult and juvenile offenders separate, said Denny Dodson, deputy director of the Division of Juvenile Services. "We either need to change the code or have separate facilities," Dodson told the Charleston Daily Mail (http://bit.ly/131E85g ). Read More. |
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