Thursday morning, Chris told a worker he wanted to report an incident. He wrote a brief statement but eventually told the entire story. Chris says he repeatedly asked every worker he saw Thursday if he could call his mother and his attorney. He was told that was not appropriate. Attorney James Luffman of Rogers filed a 1991 federal lawsuit that eventually led to the closing of the Pine Bluff Youth Services Center.
Juveniles have more rights than adults do.
Of course, they have a right to call an attorney if they are abused. Unknown to Chris, his mother called that day to check on him. She was told he was on lock-down, and she couldn't talk with him. A nurse examined him, but he asked to see a doctor. He was taken to a hospital on that Friday, but his family was not alerted.