The Legal Aid Society is demanding that the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) rectify what the group called a “ violation of fundamental rights” for children in custody at juvenile detention centers in Brooklyn and the Bronx.

The non-profit, which provides free legal services to those who cannot afford attorneys, penned a letter to ACS Commissioner Jess Dannhauser demanding that conditions be improved immediately. According to the group, nearly 100 kids detained at Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brooklyn and Horizon Juvenile Center in the Bronx are being forced to sleep in hallways and classrooms, sometimes directly on the ground.

“Children in the care and custody of ACS are being deprived of sleep, safety, and dignity,” Dawne Mitchell, chief attorney of the Juvenile Rights Pra

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