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Arizona Juvenile Facilities Under Investigation after Hangings

By AAN Staff
july 31, 2002  10:22 am
Arizona Juvenile Facilities Under Investigation after Hangings
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.
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