Sunday the Dallas Black Clergy held an emergency press conference after damning reports from a whistleblower revealed horrid conditions in the Henry Wade Juvenile Detention Center.
The group met in front of the facility Sunday to discuss conditions that the group calls “inhumane and harsh.”
Reverend Dr. Frederick Douglass Haynes, III: founding Member of the Dallas Black Clergy and Senior Pastor at Friendship-West Baptist Church lambasted local officials and facility leadership.
“Seriously, Dallas County seriously, Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center, seriously,” remarked Haynes.
“Have you declared war on our children and we don’t know about it because the inhumane and evil conditions that we are hearing about and that has been reported on is reminiscent not of a juvenile justice center but of a POW camp. It sounds like they are prisoners of war who are being tortured and traumatized,” said Haynes.
Members of the Dallas Black Clergy want to meet with the entire Dallas County Juvenile Board and discuss with the conditions at the Henry Wade Justice Center.
At Sunday’s press conference, the group said that they hope to meet with members of the juvenile board in July ahead of the Board’s scheduled meeting in August.
