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YDDC breach let boy in adult's cell

KRQE News 13 has uncovered yet another security breakdown at the state's juvenile lockup that recently allowed an adult inmate to sneak a 15-year-old boy into

YDDC guards return from suspension

Two guards have returned to work at the state run juvenile detention center in Albuquerque.

YDDC inmate hits guard

A key player at the heart of a brawl that erupted at YDDC last month is in trouble again—this time for assaulting an officer. Josh Martinez, 18, was one of the

KRQE viewers respond to YDDC, Barker

The KRQE News 13 story prompting the most feedback this week was our ongoing investigation of the troubles at YDDC, Albuquerque's state-run juvenile

Brawl video contradicts YDDC statements

Security video obtained by KRQE News 13 details every second of a near-riot at the state juvenile jail in Albuquerque and challenges official statements about

Ex-chief says bad kids made YDDC unsafe

Bruce Langston, shuffled aside after a near-riot at the juvenile lockup he ran, still defends his plan to crack down on violent inmates, a plan overrule by

State created YDDC trouble, Wilson says

Closing secure juvenile detention centers and mixing violent inmates with less-serious offenders in Albuquerque made fights and escapes inevitable, a former

Sheriff decries YDDC 'hug-a-thug'

The state's juvenile lockup is coddling it toughest young felons, according to Bernalillo County's sheriff who refers to the rehabilitation effort as

Bosses blocked juvie jail crackdown

The head of a state juvenile jail now suddenly assigned to other duties expected violence and wanted to crack down on "predatory" inmates prior to a successful

Last YDDC escapee caught

It took two arrests in Arizona before investigators realized Friday they had Ernesto Villalba in custody nearly three weeks after he escaped from a juvenile

YDDC, area residents to discuss alerts

The Children, Youth and Families Department, which controls the Youth Diagnostic and Detention Center, has now scheduled a public meeting to speak with

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Burglary victims often wonder forever what happened to precious items, and now KRQE News 13 has followed the tracks of two accused crooks whose gold loot was sold for scrap and melted …

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