Youth Center Had ‘Dangerous’ Lack of Oversight, Report Says

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new report says a southeastern Pennsylvania county ran a juvenile detention center where troubled teens were beaten up by guards, sexually harassed and locked in seclusion for long periods without a court order. The 208-page grand jury report released Tuesday describes what the state attorney general’s office calls a “dangerous lack of oversight” over underpaid, overworked and poorly trained guards at the 66-bed Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center. The report didn’t recommend any charges, in part because of time limits in state laws for prosecuting. Still, the grand jury says the conduct they heard about could be criminal, and they suspect many more criminal acts may have occurred there.