Nebraska’s Troubled Youth Center Shuffle Masks Deeper Failures in Juvenile Care

Nebraska officials recently unveiled plans to relocate all boys from the Kearney state-run youth treatment center—long shadowed by disturbing allegations of sexual abuse—to a youth prison facility in Omaha. While state leaders tout the move as an improvement that will save taxpayers money and provide safer conditions, a closer look reveals how this reshuffling risks becoming another cover-up for systemic breakdowns in juvenile care. Are We Repackaging Failure Instead of Fixing It? The Kearney center has been at the heart of multiple sexual abuse claims involving staff and teenage inmates. Despite at least five employees facing accusations, only one criminal...