Dallas County juvenile officials Tuesday refuted accusations that children in county detention are mistreated.
Those officials said some data in an earlier report is just wrong. However, some County Commissioners still believe there is a problem.The accusations include low-level offenders kept in detention with violent offenders for long periods of time compared with other urban counties.
They provided evidence that was contrary to the earlier report by outside consultants on several key points, including the percentage of county detainees with low-level offenses. Dallas County’s top elected official, Dallas County Judge Clay Lewis Jenkins, said another independent study of the data may be needed to settle the dispute.
In August, a judge ruled against the commissioners and said juvenile officials do not have to provide those records under state juvenile law.
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