The article details accounts from students at the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility in San Diego who reported severe mistreatment by guards. A girl witnessed a friend being violently restrained by multiple officers despite her not resisting. Complaints included physical assaults, denial of communication with families, and psychological trauma experienced by the youths. Elizabeth Uremovic, a substitute teacher, collected these testimonies and submitted them to the California Attorney General, resulting in an investigation into the facility. The article underscores the urgent need for reform within juvenile detention practices.
"Over the next five pages, the girl describes witnessing a friend being beaten by guards at the East Mesa Juvenile Detention Facility, one of San Diego's two juvenile lockups."
"Several described being denied phone calls home as punishment. I get lonely because I've been down for so long and away from my family, one boy wrote."
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