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Updated: 7:24 PM Nov 2, 2009
Supervisors Hear from Public About Juvenile Center
Lauderdale County, Miss. The state of Lauderdale County's juvenile center was a hot topic at Monday's board of supervisors' meeting. Posted: 6:19 PM Nov 2, 2009Reporter: Wade Phillips Email Address: wade.phillips@wtok.com |
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The state of Lauderdale County's juvenile center was a hot topic at Monday's board of supervisors' meeting.
Several members of the community came to the meeting to complain about the conditions there.
A civil rights group has filed a lawsuit against the county, asking for access and improvements to the center.
Local NAACP president, the Rev. Milton Johnson, said he doesn't believe supervisors are taking the issue seriously enough.
"Does not have any tutors. Do not have any counselors. Do not have qualified people there that are assessing these children," said the Rev. Milton Johnson, president of the Meridian/Lauderdale County NAACP. "Do not have mentors come into the centers. Do not have pastors to come into the centers, but yet it's still, you're saying, that you're meeting the requirements. "
Supervisors discussed meeting in a work session with the concerned citizens to try to get the issues resolved.
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Maybe if the guys that committed the recent murders or the ones who were murdered would have had nicer furniture, bigger Tvs or an awesome game room when they were in juvenile this may have never happened!
Fix it up with my tax money? They will tear it up and they will NOT pay. Case in point why we have the problem in the first place. Sorry parents (the majority, not all) who don't work. I think if your child gets locked up in juvenile you should forfeit their check. And yes they must all be getting checks or their parents would actually be working. What about the woman who said her 10 year old son was in juvenile and he got peppered becasue he woke up to early?? That is a lie. I see these kids everyday and they act like animals. They need to be peppered more often and then maybe they would act right. She needs to be peppered for not beign able to control her 10 year old child!!
The jc needs to be fixed up and then if damage is done make the person responsible for the damage pay to get if fixed before they are released. My son had to pay for damage to his college dorm room.
