The boy’s beating in 2023 at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall was captured on surveillance video that also showed several officials standing idly by and some of them shaking hands with the participants in the beating.
A state grand jury in March charged 30 correctional officers for their role in allowing and sometimes encouraging nearly 70 fights to take place between July and December 2023. The officers face charges including child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy, and battery.
More than 140 victims between the ages of 12 and 18 were involved, according to authorities.
“Until we actively start changing the mindset and behavior of those who are put into a caretaking responsibility of these youth, I think we’re going to find ourselves in the same situation,” (attorney, Jamal Tooson) said.
It’s been made very clear in the US that prisoners, regardless of age, aren’t considered ppl
We’ve completely forsaken the idea that prison is a place of reform and instead use it as a place of revenge and torture for anyone even suspected of committing a crime.