HARRISBURG, Ark. (AP) - Three teenagers have escaped from a juvenile detention center in northeast Arkansas.
The three 16-year-olds were in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Humans Services Division of Youth Services when they ran from the center in Harrisburg on Thursday.
DHS says in a news release that the three were walking with a group of other youth and a staff member to a class when they ran into nearby woods shortly before noon. DHS says only that the three were being held for felony crimes.
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DHS says the center is not fenced, and youth are allowed to walk the campus while under supervision.
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