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Although migrant youths won t be relocated to CT, Middletown mayor says kids need help, not jail
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The former Connecticut Juvenile Training School, at 1225 River Road in Middletown, shown April 8, 2021.Cassandra Day / Hearst Connecticut Media
MIDDLETOWN The mayor is calling the Biden administration’s recent rejection of pursuing the idea of relocating migrant children at the now-closed state youth detention center here a solid decision.
“It’s not the right site to be opened for anybody to be housed in,” Mayor Ben Florsheim said Friday. Last week, he called the proposal “inhumane,” considering the now-closed Connecticut Juvenile Training School effectively was a jail. ....

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