A Commonwealth Court judge ordered Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services to take custody of 15 juveniles due to overcrowding at a juvenile detention facility in West Philadelphia.
The city asked the judge to mandate that the state take the sentenced juveniles within 20 days and either contract with a private or public facility or open a state-run facility to handle the increase in youths being sentenced to state centers.
According to the judge's order Thursday, the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services must assume custody of 15 juveniles within 10 working days of Thursday's order and either send them to a private facility in Texas or a state-run facility in Luzerne County. A spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services declined to comment on the litigation. In a statement issued after the City Council hearing last week, department officials said the state's facilities are also at capacity.
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