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Report: Nevada Has Few Options For Teens Tried As Adults

The state of Nevada has limited options for housing children who are tried as adults for certain crimes.

According to a new report from the ACLU of Nevada, the situation is approaching a crisis.

The report shows many boys who are tried as adults in Nevada are sent to Lovelock Correction Facility, an adult facility.

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But safety regulations require boys to be kept away from the prison’s adult population.

Holly Welbourn with the ACLU of Nevada says this means isolation.

"With Lovelock Correctional Center, the boys can't engage in any kind of workforce programming," she said, "They can't participate in any activities where they can earn sentence credits. So they're not entitled to the same rights as the other inmates because they have to be separated."