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Again, as a former '"customer" of a state-run facility, this was not my experience.

Group showers, similar to what you see at the gym. Obviously segregated by genders, but always with a same-sex staff member watching to make sure there's no issues. Occasionally fights would break out in the showers and they'd have to awkwardly break up naked teenagers brawling.

As someone who was once in the "custodial care" of a juvenile facility, this is not the norm. In the event of 'prisoner conflict' and other issues, solitary was regularly handed out as punishment, often for even minor offenses. My second day I was given 3 days of solitary for vomiting on the lunchroom floor after breakfast (which to be fair, was beyond disgusting).

Can't say anything about non-state locations, but my experience was much less hospitable...

Interesting- I may have to do an AMA in the next week or two.