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Detention Center Scandal

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On 10/26/15 Ms. Calhoun visited Deven at the detention center where he’s being detained. The reporter stated when interviewing the child, she witnessed his right eye was swollen with a dark mark under it. According to the reporter, Deven wrote a detailed statement of grievance that gives a detail account of an altercation between him and Officer Kennedy on 10/23/15. In the detailed statement, Deven described the incident as follow: Deven states he asked Officer Kennedy if he could go to his room and was told to have a seat. Officer Cole gave Deven permission to go to his cell and as he waited at his cell door for it to be opened, Officer Kennedy told the child to have a seat. Deven states he advised Officer Kennedy that Officer Cole had given
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