County makes deal, sends juveniles across state

SCRANTON, LACKAWANNA COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) – Lackawanna County leaders made a costly decision by allowing juveniles who’ve committed crimes to be sent across the state, and potentially even farther.

Lackawanna County’s Board of Commissioners approved a deal Wednesday with a juvenile detention center in Erie.

Each juvenile sent out of the county that goes to the Edmund Thomas Adolescent Center in Erie will have a price tag of $700 a day…

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