Girls Overpower Guard, Escape Detention Center
From Times Wire Reports
Ten girls at a juvenile detention center escaped after overpowering a guard and stealing a van.
The breakout Saturday came two weeks after the girls’ section of the Hawaii Youth Correctional Facility at Honolulu was turned over to a private organization that uses guards trained as counselors.
The girls, who ranged in age from 14 to 17, were being held for a variety of offenses and remained at large, an official said.
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