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Former juvenile detention staffer describes safety and staffing concerns during public comment
Summary
A former Juvenile Detention Facility employee told commissioners she observed drugs being passed among residents, inadequate crisis response and staff bullying, and said she felt pushed out of her position; commissioners did not take formal action on the public comment.
Maya Scott, a former employee of the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility (JDF), used the meeting’s public comment period to raise concerns about resident safety, staff conduct and supervision.
Scott said she worked at JDF from November to February and described seeing residents pass drugs to one another while supervisors did not intervene.…
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