updated Mon. December 11, 2023
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Russellville Courier
February 20, 2018
POTTSVILLE — The Pottsville Police Department arrested a juvenile student following a threat on the school on Sunday. The Pottsville Police Department (PPD) made contact with the juvenile suspect following an investigation and transported the student to the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center.
Russellville Courier
February 20, 2018
“We will be working with the Yell County Sheriff's Office and the Arkansas State Police.” About four hours later, the department announced the arrest of two students ages 12 and 17. Both students were transported to the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center pending a court appearance. The DanvilleÃâà...
KATV
February 19, 2018
... a heightened police presence with the help of Yell County Sheriff's Department and Arkansas State Police. We understand Parkland is still fresh on everyone's mind and we hope to ease those fears. The suspects are being held at the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center pending a court appearance.
The Marshall Project
April 28, 2017
An FBI agent said the agency is “appalled at what occurred to these minors,” calling the staff's actions “incomprehensible.” The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette previously wrote about abuses at this juvenile lockup and at the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center, where, the newspaper reported, “teens oftenÃâà...
Shadowproof (blog)
August 13, 2016
... the State of Arkansas issued a cease and desist letter to a juvenile detention centers using the system. After state juvenile ombudsmen Scott Tanner traveled to the Yell County Detention Center to experience the WRAP system first hand, he reported the device made breathing difficult and caused anxiety.
Arkansas Online
August 9, 2015
Yell County Juvenile Detention Center Administrator Mike May stands in the recreation yard of the lockup in Danville. “Everybody has been pretty ... A youth rests his hands on the food opening in his cell door last month at the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center in Danville. The lockup has repla.
KATV
July 23, 2015
Criminal charges are filed against a former Yell County Sheriff's deputy and former Danville Police officer after a year-plus-long investigation into the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center and reported abuse of a then 13 year-old juvenile detainee. Special Prosecutor Jason Barrett issued warrants for the arrest of TimothyÃâà...
Arkansas Times (blog)
December 24, 2014
State to stop placing youths in Yell County detention ... Pressed to act finally by a continuing series of reports by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's Chad Day, the state is going to stop sending youths to the Yell County juvenile detention center until a full investigation is completed of abusive practices there.
Northwest Arkansas News
December 22, 2014
The police officer and the deputy entered the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center just a few minutes before 8 p.m. on March 22, and a group of boys playing cards ... On March 22, 2014, a Danville Police officer broke the arm of D.B., a 13-year-old boy held at the Yell County Juvenile Detention Center.
KARK
October 14, 2014
Following a report on the device, the Arkansas Department of Human Services and the Division of Youth Services sent a cease and desist letter to Yell County. ... Directors at the Washington County Juvenile Detention Center say the device is only used when all else fails and it has only been used six times in the past twoÃâà...
