OPINION
FONES, Justice.
The sole issue presented in this case is the constitutionality of the practice by the Tennessee Department of Correction, Division of Youth Services, pursuant to T.C.A. §§ 37-1-131 and 37-1-132, of commingling juvenile "status offenders" with delinquent offenders in secure correctional facilities.
In 1983 this declaratory judgment action was commenced by the next friend of Charles Doe, a minor committed to the custody...
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