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• Where is Spofford Lake?

  Spofford Lake is a beautiful body of water in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, and is just 10 minutes from Keene or Brattleboro, where you will find restaurants, shops, hotels, and medical clinics. The Elliot Hospital and Manchester-Boston Regional Airport and a bustling city scene are just an hour and 20 minutes away.

• What happened at Spofford?

  Aside from its physical decrepitness and hostility, Spofford was the site of serious human rights abuses at the hands of its staff. In 1997, there were 48 child-abuse claims made against Spofford employees, including one instance where a counselor was convicted of attempted assault after beating a boy nearly to death.

• What happened to Spofford Juvenile Center?

  The year prior, a counselor was fired for shackling a 15-year-old girl’s hands and feet and molesting her. In 1998, the city promised to shut down Spofford and relocate some of its detainees at the newly constructed Crossroads Juvenile Center in East New York, Brooklyn and Horizons Juvenile Center in the South Bronx.

• What was life like in Spofford prison?

  The psychological toll that Spofford took on its young detainees was especially evident in the 1980s, when a record 50 suicide attempts were reported in a single year. Decorated with lead-based paint and often crawling with rats, Spofford was an unsanitary and dangerous environment for anyone, let alone people under 15 years of age.

• What is the recidivism rate at Spofford prison?

  In addition, studies show that DJJ facilities like Spofford have a 47% recidivism rate each year, while 91% of those sent to Alternatives-to-Detention complete the program successfully.