Watchdog report reveals lacking evidence of adequate resident care at Bon Air youth prison

While the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) has characterized the report's findings as documentation based and having no impact on actual resident outcomes, one advocate described them as affirming of the complaints that advocacy groups have been raising for more than a year.

"The dedicated staff at Bon Air JCC have long-suffered misconceptions and unsubstantiated allegations from entities lacking in-depth knowledge of the workings of the Department or Bon Air. It is refreshing to see, that even after a large team of people dedicated months solely to reviewing the activities at Bon Air, many of the allegations lobbed against the facility and facility staff were unsubstantiated," DJJ said in a written statement upon the release of the report.

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