Jailing Children Lawsuit

About 1,450 people jailed illegally as minors in Tennessee can claim part of a $11 million class-action settlement according to the Daily News Journal.The lawsuit revealed the Rutherford County Juvenile Detention Center regularly locked up children for misdemeanor charges, including truancy, school fights and disobeying parents, plaintiffs’ attorney Kyle Mothershead said. The suit started by challenging the incarceration of children arrested at Hobgood Elementary School in Murfreesboro .