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In scorching heat, D.C. detention center scrambles to fix air conditioning
Officials at the District's juvenile detention center were scrambling Tuesday to repair the building's air conditioning while about 100 confined young people and several dozen staff members struggled to endure this week's heat wave, according to the city agency that runs the facility.
The agency, the D.C. Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services, was working with the city's Department of General Services to 'return the air conditioning system to full capacity' to protect the health and safety of the building's occupants, the DYRS director, Sam Abed, said in message to staff members at the facility, called the D.C. Youth Services Center.
