WATCH: A teen was falling asleep during a courtroom field trip. She ended up in cuffs and jail clothes

Associated Press

DETROIT (AP) — A teen connected a section travel to spot a Detroit tribunal ended up successful jailhouse apparel and handcuffs because a judge said he didn’t for illustration her attitude.

Judge Kenneth King moreover asked different kids successful nan courtroom Tuesday whether nan 16-year-old woman should beryllium taken to juvenile detention, WXYZ-TV reported.

King, who useful astatine 36th District Court, defended his actions.

“I wanted this to look and consciousness very existent to her, moreover though there’s astir apt nary existent chance of maine putting her successful jail. That was my ain type of ‘Scared Straight,’” King said, referring to a documentary astir teen offenders successful New Jersey.

The teen was seeing King’s tribunal arsenic portion of a sojourn organized by The Greening of Detroit, a nonprofit biology group. During nan visit, King noticed nan woman falling asleep, WXYZ reported.

“You autumn dormant successful my courtroom 1 much time, I’m gonna put you successful back, understood?” nan judge said, according to video of his remarks.

King past had nan woman alteration into jailhouse apparel and deterioration handcuffs.

“It was her full cognition and her full disposition that disturbed me,” nan judge told WXYZ. “I wanted to get done to her, show really superior this is and really you are to behaviour yourself wrong of a courtroom.”

King besides threatened her pinch clip successful juvenile detention earlier releasing her.

“I’ll do immoderate needs to beryllium done to scope these kids and make judge that they don’t extremity up successful beforehand of me,” nan judge said.

The Greening of Detroit released a statement, saying nan “young woman was traumatized.”

“Although nan judge was trying to thatch a instruction of respect, his methods were unacceptable,” chairperson Marissa Ebersole Wood said. “The group of students should person been simply asked to time off nan courtroom if he thought they were disrespectful.”

Judge Aliyah Sabree, who has nan No. 2 activity station astatine nan court, released a connection Wednesday night, saying King’s behaviour “does not bespeak nan standards we uphold astatine 36th District Court.”

“I americium committed to addressing this matter pinch nan utmost diligence,” Sabree said.

There was nary contiguous consequence to a connection from The Associated Press seeking remark from King.

“There were truthful galore different ways successful which to person helped that young woman learn,” said Larry Dubin, a professor astatine nan University of Detroit Mercy rule school.

King told WXYZ that he said to nan girl’s parents and offered to beryllium a mentor.