Alabama minor is jailed with adults pre-trial in violation of federal law
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Djovani Jean-Pierre spent his 17th birthday in a small county jail in rural northern Alabama, where he has languished for more than half the school year awaiting trial. On the advice of his 51-year-old cellmate, Jean-Pierre avoids contact with others in the jail. The Black teen of Haitian descent has seen…