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Juvenile Detention Center Readies to Open First-of-Its-Kind Shelter

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The Benton County Juvenile Detention Center is readying to open its Alternative Placement Adolescent Center. Officials say it will be a first-of-its-kind shelter for boys ages 13 to 17, who have been arrested, and will serve as an alternative to jail.

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