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The state

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public defender's office

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learned of an incident

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where a 15-year-old housed

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in the Jonathan Delagrave

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Youth Development

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and Care Center

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was punched repeatedly by

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adult security workers.

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Is this kind of incident

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a rarity do you think

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behind the doors

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of these facilities?

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I mean, research

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across the country

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would suggest

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that it isn't

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that the

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punitive nature of these

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correctional facilities

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and how they

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the power dynamic

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in these vulnerable youth

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that abuse

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is a major issue

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in these facilities.

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I do think

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that the culture obviously

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isn't what we need it to be.

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It's not seen as a

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treatment facility.

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It's a jail, essentially

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for kids.

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With that attitude

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I think

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the staff thinks of it

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that way

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and they're not

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necessarily trained

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in a treatment mindset.

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They're not trained to kind of

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deescalate situations.

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They're not trained

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to recognize in themselves

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when they're becoming

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dysregulated and struggling.

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It obviously seems

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to be the case

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in this situation.