The FOX 8 I-Team has found a worker fired at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center after being accused of staging fights between inmates. This comes after the I-Team has revealed multiple large outbreaks of violence there in recent months. Records provided by juvenile court show detention officer Trent Dunning was fired last month. His …
Forced Fights, Explicit Photos: More Detention Center Trouble Read More »
The FOX 8 I-Team has uncovered exclusive video of yet another riot breaking out inside the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center. The latest incident is one of many, with the I-Team exposing big trouble there again and again. Security video shows, in the new case, a teacher walk through a door into a room and …
Absolute Havoc: Another Riot At Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center Read More »
For any parent, the video obtained by the FOX 8 I-Team last Dec. 17 is hard to watch. It’s easy to imagine your own child under the pummel of fists and bodies. Listening to the mother of a locked up teen being told about the chaotic fight for the first time is absolutely gut wrenching. …
Heartbreaking video shows the violence teens face at detention center Read More »
In a Letter to the Editor, published in The Plain Dealer on Oct. 13, Laborers Local 860 Field Representative Colin Sikon lays blame where it belongs: at the feet of Cuyahoga County Juvenile administrators who abandoned the workers’ Union. “Today, recruitment does not keep up with staff attrition in the detention facility,” he wrote. “This …
Juvenile Court has itself to blame for detention center violence Read More »
Save pennies or teeth, your dentist says. In the long run, which approach will stretch a family budget? Cuyahoga County administration officials face a similar decision when it comes to staffing at the juvenile detention center. They pay workers poorly, which leads to a staffing crisis. Then a lack of trained staff at the center …
Low staffing at Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center leads to $20,000 riot Read More »
The $20,000 riot at the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center was a direct result of short staffing, The Plain Dealer reported, citing juvenile court records. The Plain Dealer reports: “The low-staffing levels resulted in corrections officers locking 30 inmates in that part of the detention center in their cells for long periods. Those inmates, because …
An article published in Ideastream Public Media on July 28 detailed alarms raised by Laborers Local 860 about working conditions in the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center. Ideastream Public Media reported: “After about a year of talks, court administrators ended negotiations on a new contract in December, said union field organizer Colin Sikon, ‘and has …
