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Judge broadened N.C. juvenile detention lawsuit.

A federal judge in North Carolina widened a lawsuit over claims that teens at the 62-bed Cabarrus Regional Juvenile Detention Facility are locked alone in their rooms for 23 hours a day. The state argues the practice, banned for minors since 2016, isn鈥檛 punitive but stems from staff shortages and safety concerns. The judge refused to extend the case to all state juvenile facilities but ruled that any resulting reforms must apply to current and future detainees in the Concord facility.

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