Massive, bloody riot at NYC youth facility exposes chaos at juvenile detention centers

Source: New York Post

It was a ticking timebomb. A massive riot at an overcrowded Bronx juvenile detention center left more than a dozen staffers and youths injured — and exposed ongoing problems at Big Apple youth facilities, The Post has learned. The NYPD was twice turned away at the door by staffers at the Horizons Juvenile Center during the outbreak on June 21, allowing both employees and facility residents to be slashed and beaten for hours before the melee was brought under control, sources and union officials said.