Judge denies release of teen who violated probation by not doing schoolwork amid pandemic

A Michigan judge on Monday ruled against the release of a Black teenage girl who was incarcerated for not completing her online schoolwork.Judge Mary Ellen Brennan of Oakland Circuit Court ruled against releasing the girl, identified only as Grace, from a juvenile detention center. Grace, who was on probation after allegedly assaulting her mother, was incarcerated after Brennan ruled her noncompletion of work was a probation violation,…