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Last Kids Out... Lights Turned Off at Dester Center

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The state has suspended operations at the Laura Dester shelter in Tulsa as the last of the children housed there were moved out.

The state took the action after a Tulsa federal judge ordered the facility closed. This followed allegations of neglect at the facility..

The giant Department of Human Services was order to closed the facility by June 30th. They beat the deadline by a couple of days. The DHS had asked the judge for more time.