At today?s Board of Public Works meeting, the state is proposing to sell the former Bowling Brook juvenile facility where a youth died in custody this past year to a Nevada-based group that runs juvenile facilities.

State Sen. Bobby Zirkin, a longtime advocate for improved juvenile justice service, is upset at the sale to a for-profit group and the possiblereopening of a large-scale treatment facility.

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