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Christy Nicholson Nov 17, 2023

ProPublica Nov 16, 2023

This Youth Detention Center Superintendent Illegally Locks #Kids Alone in Cells.

No One Has Forced Him to Stop.
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The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center has been punishing kids with seclusion more than any other facility in #Tennessee.

And as the laws and rules on how to treat kids changed, the facility failed to keep up.

#CriminalJustice #Crime #Jail #Prisons #Police #KidsOfRutherfordCounty #News #Courts #Politics #Knoxville

https://www.propublica.org/article/knoxville-detention-center-illegally-locks-kids-alone-in-cells?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

This Youth Detention Center Superintendent Illegally Locks Kids Alone in Cells. No One Has Forced Him to Stop.

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Service Center has been punishing kids with seclusion more than any other facility in Tennessee. And as the laws and rules on how to treat kids changed, the facility failed to keep up.

ProPublica

Christy Nicholson Oct 5, 2023

Just an ordinary feline basking in the golden sunlight of an October afternoon.

Christy Nicholson Sep 21, 2023

"Law" is a weird word after you've read it twenty times in close succession. #copyediting

Christy Nicholson Sep 20, 2023

Any Nashville people need a City Saver from a kid who says his band class *has* to sell more? Apparently a pizza party is on the line.

Christy Nicholson Jul 31, 2023

Looks like the purple martins have found a new home somewhere in downtown Nashville. Anyone know where? I can see hundreds in the sky from Assembly Food Hall.

Christy Nicholson Jul 27, 2023

Nashville! Early voting ends on Saturday, so make a plan to vote this week. Then Election Day can be your last-minute voting backup.

Christy Nicholson Jul 18, 2023

Sometimes I still wander over to Twitter, and then I get hit with a Newmax ad. Serves me right. And a good reminder to stop going there.

Christy Nicholson Jul 5, 2023

David from Nashville ✅Jul 5, 2023

If you live in Nashville, today is the last day to register to vote.

https://ovr.govote.tn.gov/

Christy Nicholson Jul 4, 2023

I posted a cat photo on Bluesky so I better post it here to be fair:

Christy Nicholson Jul 3, 2023

Dan Gillmor Jul 2, 2023

Right now -- today -- would be a great day for some socially responsible philanthropy to support the migration from Twitter to the fediverse of all the organizations, such as the weather service, that realize they can no longer remotely rely on it to connect to the public.