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Riots, escapes and fear as coronavirus hits juvenile centers

By MARGIE MASON and ROBIN McDOWELL
Associated Press
Nicole Hingle wasn’t surprised when the call came.
Frustrations had been building inside juvenile detention
centers nationwide as the number of coronavirus cases
continued to climb. Now, her 17-year-old son Jace, was
on the phone telling her around 40 kids had rioted at his
facility in Louisiana — the same state where more than a
dozen youths escaped during two breakouts at another
site this month. Hingle said her son described whirring he-
licopters above the Bridge City facility just outside New
Orleans. Juveniles kicked down their doors, a SWAT team
swarmed in, kids were pepper-sprayed and a staffer was
injured during the melee.
“It’s a real mess,” the teen told his mother. “Everything is
destroyed.”
Due to coronavirus lockdown measures, it’s been more
than two months since Hingle has been able to visit her
son. She has accused administrators of keeping her in the
dark, and said she was growing increasingly upset by the
lack of a clear plan to protect or release those held in- In this July 8, 2010 file photo, teenagers head toward the gym at Caddo Juvenile Detention Center
side. in Shreveport, La.
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