Report: Youth in Durham juvenile detention now go to class, but still spend too much time in cells.

By: Lynn Bonner

Outlets: North Carolina Newsline

Published: September 24, 2026

Words: 488

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 3 days ago

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The juvenile detention center in Durham no longer confines youth to a solitary cell they called “the hole” for discipline or suicide watch, Disability Rights of North Carolina reports, but youth still spend almost all day on weekends alone in their cells.

Disability Rights NC published new findings about the Durham County Youth Home on Thursday as a follow-up to its report on the state’s youth detention centers published earlier …

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