Jalal Malik-Ikram, a retired cop who spent the past four months working in the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, said some of what he has seen gave him nightmares.

Sexual assaults, fights and poor supervision are rampant at Wayne County's troubled Juvenile Detention Facility, according to multiple former employees who paint a portrait of a facility in chaos.

The mother of a 12-year-old boy who was sexually assaulted while in a Wayne County juvenile facility has filed a lawsuit, saying officials knew of the conditions inside the facility that led to ...

Four Caterpillar excavator machines are lined up and ready to tear down a former juvenile jail in downtown Detroit. Demolition of the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, 1326 St. Antoine St ...

Four Caterpillar excavator machines are lined up and ready to tear down a former juvenile jail in downtown Detroit. Demolition of the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, 1326 St. Antoine St ...

Four Caterpillar excavator machines are lined up and ready to tear down a former juvenile jail in downtown Detroit. Demolition of the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, 1326 St. Antoine St ...

Four Caterpillar excavator machines are lined up and ready to tear down a former juvenile jail in downtown Detroit. Demolition of the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, 1326 St. Antoine St ...

Four Caterpillar excavator machines are lined up and ready to tear down a former juvenile jail in downtown Detroit. Demolition of the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, 1326 St. Antoine St ...