Having concerns about the children they serve, Allen County Juvenile Court Judge Glenn Derryberry requests a meeting with commissioners.
Derryberry along with Juvenile Court Clinical Director Thomas Hull bringing up concerns with the change of beds that have been done in the design of the new juvenile detention and treatment facility. As one of the cost-saving moves to get the project closer to budget, the style of bed was changed. The judge and doctor are concerned a suicidal teen could hurt themselves with the new bed choice.
"The bed that's in the current design is a metal construction and has legs. The unfortunate part of that particular design is that it does provide access for the person to either tie something around that and then around their neck and then cause injury to themselves," explained Judge Derryberry.
"We don't want to have something to where it is a danger, so we're definitely going to take into consideration and take a look at different options what have you. I'm glad they came in early because of something needed to be changed otherwise and with the building some way we needed to know that but this is something we do have time to take a look at," said Commissioner Greg Sneary.
The cost difference in the style of beds would be around $24,000.
