The kind of news that would make any ReThug proud. Another part of Tommy Thompson's legacy.
This year, she was locked up for more than 30 days with children accused of murder and rape and robberies because case managers for the state-run Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare could find no placement for her.
Abused and neglected children who have not committed any crime - most of them in their teens - increasingly are being locked up in the juvenile secure detention facility, records show.
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"We are locking up kids who run away, with murderers and sexual offenders. Homeless adults don't go to Waupun or Taycheedah," Malmstadt said. "People who commit crimes go to those institutions. Most of these kids have a long-term abuse and neglect history. What are we doing to find them placements?"
He said that if Milwaukee County began billing the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare for children's daily care while in detention, "they wouldn't be there."
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