Georgia State Patrol informs local media outlets that investigators are convinced one detainee took the keys of a guard and let other inmates out in at least a part of the center on Monday during the rioting.
State troopers, local police and police dogs were brought in to make the detainees follow the orders to lie on their backs and put their hands behind them.
The Department of Juvenile Justice reported that another person suffered a chest contusion.
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A juvenile justice detainees’ riot at a Georgia youth detention facility has prompted an investigation.
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In less than an hour, officers and troopers secured the facility.
Officials of the juvenile justice system are investigating.
Georgia’s 19 youth detention centers provide short-term supervision for youths who have committed offenses, or who are awaiting a longer-term placement.
