Arctic juvenile incarceration in Baltimore

The arctic blast in Baltimore can be felt inside and outside the Youth Detention Facility, where a pair of heat compressors failed, leaving 63 children being charged as adults, struggling to stay warm.

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Arctic juvenile incarceration in Baltimore

Raven Epps’ 15-year-old son is one of them.

“It’s been over basically three weeks that they have no heat in there and it’s not okay and it’s unsafe conditions,” said Epps, “because at the end of the day, if the state can take your kids for that, why can’t they have the same thing set up and provided and won’t have them cold and they can have health conditions like asthma.”…

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