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Article: Oak Hill juveniles find easy way out.(A)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- January 21, 2002
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Byline: Jim Keary
The city's maximum security jail for dangerous youths, Oak Hill, is far from secure: 22 of the 122 youths imprisoned there have escaped over the past nine months, almost at will, according to documents and Youth Services Administration employees.
A dozen of them are still at large and another was found fatally shot Dec. 3. Many of the others who were captured had committed crimes such as armed robbery and carjacking before police caught up with them.
Correctional officers blame the high number of escapees on their superiors, who they say don't understand how dangerous the youths are or how serious the crimes were that landed ...