Dallas County’s juvenile detention center director says that staff changes have led to a 90 percent drop in violence.
Lynn Hadnot said changing shifts from eight to 12 hours strengthened staff and calmed juvenile residents, which has resulted in fewer incidents.
“That captures both,” Hadnot said. “So we’re talking about violent incidents. We’re talking about youth on youth assaultive behaviors and assaultive behaviors — any assaultive behavior —that we have to report as a serious violent incident, we’ve reduced that number by 90 percent.”…