Arizona Juvenile Facilities Under Investigation after Hangings
By AAN Staff
july 31, 2002 10:22 am
David Horvath hanged himself in an Arizona
juvenile corrections
facility earlier this
month, the second
youth to kill himself in
the state facility this
year. Now, two juvenile
corrections officials --
both of whom quit in
disgust after Horvath's death -- tell Phoenix New Times writer Amy Silverman the agency is
hiding evidence of suicidal behavior by youths in their custody to shield the agency from bad
press and insurance claims by families.These deaths come in the midst of a broad
investigation into the agency by the federal Justice
Department, an inquiry sparked by earlier New
Times stories on the state corrections department.