>> Devin: WE’LL NEED IT.
>>> TODAY, AN OAKLAND COUNTY
JUDGE RULED TO KEEP A
15-YEAR-OLD IN JUVENILE
DETENTION UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
REMEMBER, THIS IS BECAUSE SHE
DIDN’T COMPLETE HER SCHOOL WORK.
>> Kim: IT COMES AMID PROTESTS
AND NATIONAL HEADLINES CALLING
FOR CHANGE TO THE JUVENILE
JUSTICE SYSTEM.
LET’S GO TO GRANT HERMES.
LET’S GO TO GRANT HERMES.
THE JUDGE WAS CLEAR, SHE
VIOLATED HER PROBATION.
>> Grant: SHE WAS VERY CLEAR
ABOUT THIS.
AND SHE SAID IT GOES WAY BEYOND
UNFINISHED HOMEWORK, THAT THIS
TEENAGER REPEATEDLY VIOLATED THE
TERMS OF HER PROBATION,
INCLUDING REPEATED DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE AGAINST HER MOTHER AND
FIGHTS WITH HER, AND THE TEEN
WOULD BE BETTER SERVED IN THE
DETENTION CENTER.
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> [INAUDIBLE].
>> Grant: THE JUDGE ORDERING SHE
STAY IN HER PROGRAM AT
CHILDREN’S VILLAGE.
THE 15-YEAR-OLD IDENTIFIED AS
GRACE IS IMPROVING IN THE
PROGRAM BUT DETAILING A HISTORY
OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND FIGHTS
WITH HER MOTHER.
>> I’M HOPING VERY MUCH --
>> Grant: OUTSIDE, PROTESTS
CONTINUED, AND SAYING THE
DECISION WAS HARSH AND RACIALLY
MOTIVATED.
>> THERE’S A CHANCE, LEARNING
DISABILITY OR NOT, SHE’S A HUMAN
AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN THROWN
IN THE DETENTION CENTER AND
DESERVES TO COME HOME WITH HER
MOM.
>> Grant: GRACE PLEADING WITH
THE JUDGE TO SEND HER HOME.
>> PLEASE SEND ME HOME.
>> PLEASE SEND ME HOME.
[INAUDIBLE].
>> Grant: THE JUDGE ULTIMATELY
KEEPING THE TEEN DETAINED.
IT’S HER FINAL RULING.
>> IF I GRANT YOUR REQUEST TO
SEND YOU HOME TODAY, I WOULD BE
MAKING A MISTAKE.
>> Grant: THE JUDGE ALSO ORDERED
PARENT COUNSELING FOR HER
MOTHER.
GRACE WILL BE BACK IN COURT IN
