A decades-long court agreement to address unconstitutional conditions at the Hinds County youth detention center has ended, but advocates and county officials said work will continue to ensure the wellbeing of detainees.
Marshand Crisler, center, executive director of the Hinds County youth detention center, celebrates with county officials Monday, Oct. 31, 2022, the news that the Henley-Young facility is free of federal oversight after decades under a court order because of unconstitutional conditions. Mina Corpuz/Mississippi Today
The organizations sued the county over conditions and treatment of children at the center, including denial of mental health treatment and insufficient educational, rehabilitative and recreational programming. They settled and entered a consent decree in 2012, and that agreement has been amended three times and extended multiple times.
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