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In Michigan, judges have sent children to locked detention centers for refusing to take medication or failing to attend online class. For testing positive for using marijuana. For repeatedly disobeying their parents.
Even as other states move toward reforms focused on keeping nonviolent juvenile offenders in the community, Michigan continues to lock up children for minor transgressions that aren’t actually crimes: technical violations of probation or status offenses like truancy or staying out after curfew.
Indiana Supreme Court and state judiciary deal with fallout of fraudulent DCS drug tests
Juvenile courts across the state are now learning the exact cases impacted by fraudulent drug tests used by the Department of Child Services. Author: Sandra Chapman Updated: 10:48 PM EST December 18, 2020
INDIANAPOLIS Juvenile courts across the state are now learning the exact cases impacted by fraudulent drug tests used by the Department of Child Services.
The information has also prompted an arm of the Indiana Supreme Court to weigh in on the fallout. At the same time, DCS claims its own access to drug screen data is limited.
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