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Children held in lockdown for weeks at a time, defecating in their cells, having their medicine withheld, being put in illegal restraint holds as staffers falsified incident reports to hide
The lawsuit points out disturbing conditions and treatment of youth at the Adair County Youth Detention Center. Here's an in-depth look at what it claims.