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Kids are out, at Salem prison
After finding that the state's only maximum-security juvenile prison is "counterproductive to the goals of juvenile rehabilitation," state officials announced Friday that the West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth in Salem will be converted to a mid-level adult prison, and that juveniles now there will be relocated to other facilities.
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Kids are out, at Salem prison
After finding that the state's only maximum-security juvenile prison is "counterproductive to the goals of juvenile rehabilitation," state officials announced Friday that the West Virginia Industrial Home for Youth in Salem will be converted to a mid-level adult prison, and that juveniles now there will be relocated to other facilities.
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