Article: STATE SUED OVER REHAB FOR JUVENILE OFFENDERS.(News)

Byline: Associated Press

FRANKFORT -- A disagreement over how juvenile offenders should be placed for treatment and rehabilitation has wound up in court, with the state's public defender agency saying a judge should halt the current classification system.

Public advocate Gail Robinson said there are "numerous examples" of problems with the current system of assigning juveniles to facilities, but Juvenile Justice Secretary Bridget Skaggs Brown said juveniles are being placed properly according to regulations.

"The regulations we operate under were properly promulgated about a year ago," said Brown, who is named as defendant in the lawsuit filed ...

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