NYC moves to ease overcrowding in youth detention centers

NYC will invest in programs to keep kids out of jail and renovate youth detention centers as part of an effort to address overcrowding and poor conditions, officials announced on Tuesday. Three city agencies — the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS), Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice, and Department of Probation (DOP) — said a new...
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