Daily News | Judge orders state to remove 26 Philly teens from the city’s dangerously overcrowded juvenile jail
. But the intervention brought little help long-term, as the conditions worsened, the city said. Last month, the city filed another petition asking the courts to intervene and require the state to prioritize placements for young people from Philadelphia’s facility, increase the staff-to-youth ratio at state facilities so more young people could be moved there, and direct the state to take custody of two Philadelphia children per day.
Marsha Levick, chief legal officer of the Juvenile Law Center, said the order to move some children was “welcome news.”“Even when implemented, it merely stops the bleeding,” she said. “We owe it to these children to reduce confinement and pursue more creative solutions to holding children responsible and keeping communities safe.”
Gary Williams, a deputy commissioner at Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services, said the center’s processing area had been converted into an overflow space where up to 13 youths squeezed into 15-by-15-foot rooms where the lights can’t be dimmed. He said young people often eat meals on their mattresses because of the overcrowding.
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