Grace was sent to an adolescent detainment in Michigan, which has seen record-high COVID-19 cases among prisoners. A Black high school sophomore was sent to a Michigan juvenile detention for neglecting to finish her online schoolwork. As indicated by a report by ProPublica, 15-year-old Grace, which the news outlet notes is the high schooler’s middle name, was detained after a judge found her failure to complete schoolwork to be a violation of her probation. Grace was sent to the detention center in May, despite the ongoing pandemic that continues to impact prisons and jails.

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