Daily News | Grand jury finds kids were endangered at Delaware County juvenile detention center
after allegations of rampant abuse were raised — has found systemic problems and a “dangerous absence of oversight” enabled violence, sexual abuse and other maltreatment.
“The Grand Jury found the system failed to protect these children and provide them with the tools they needed to reform and grow, instead abandoning them in a dangerous environment with little to no oversight,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a statement. Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s governor-elect, said he “will advocate for the reforms necessary to correct the system that failed these children.
Some former staff reported that their calls to Childline, the state abuse-reporting hotline, yielded no results.Judge empties Delaware County Juvenile Justice Center after allegations of rampant abuse
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