Girls in Trouble, Humiliated and Injured at the Hands of the State

Girls in Trouble, Humiliated and Injured at the Hands of the State

There were cameras all over the Tryon Residential Center in upstate New York for girls who are juvenile offenders, but everyone seemed to think that a lot of them did not work. That could explain how a 14-year-old who did not move fast enough for one staff member’s satisfaction ended up pinned beneath him — all 300 pounds or so.