Michigan judge wont free girl sent to juvenile detention for not doing s...

A judge on Monday refused to free a Michigan teenager who was incarcerated in May after she allegedly violated probation byfailing to finish heronline schoolwork, according to a report. Judge Mary Ellen Brennan,the presiding judge of the Oakland County Family Court Division, said the girl, identified as Grace, will benefit from ongoing treatment at a Detroit areajuvenile detention centerand was not yet ready to return to her mother. I think you are exactly where you are supposed to be, Brennan told Grace, her middle name, according to the ProPublica report on Monday.  You are blooming there, but there is more work to be done. MICHIGAN GIRL SENT TO JUVENILE DETENTION FOR NOT DOING ONLINE SCHOOLWORK: REPORTGrace was previously placed on probation after an allegedfight with her mother and for thefts at school, the report said. Police had been called to the familys home in the past.  She has been in custody at Childrens Village juvenile detention centerfor more than two months now after Brennan ruled she violated her probation on May 14 -- because one of the terms was completing her online coursework amid thecoronavirus pandemic, according to ProPublica last Tuesday. Grace has ADHD, a learning disorder that she said causedher to feel unmotivated and overwhelmed while online learning, the report said. She was not detained because she didnt turn her homework in, Brennan said during the hearing on Monday.  She was detained because I found her to be a threat of harm to her mother based on everything I knew. The case sparked several protests last week, with Michigan state and federal lawmakers calling for Graces release. Hundreds of Detroit-area students protestedoutside their high school Thursday while holding "Free Grace" signs. MICHIGAN GOV.  WHITMER ANGERS GOP LAWMAKERS AFTER USING STATEWIDE EMERGENCY ALERT SYSTEM FOR MESSAGE ON MASKSCaseworkers recommended Grace stay at Childrens Village for another



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