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News in Brief by Alabama: On Sunday, June 15, 2025, state Department of Corrections (DOC) guard Airika Dorsey was arrested for allegedly smuggling food to a prisoner at St. Clair Correctional Facility, according to WABM in Birmingham. The DOC confirmed that Dorsey was caught in the act and subsequently booked …
DOJ Finds Unconstitutional Conditions in Texas Juvenile Detention by Chuck Sharman Texas lawmakers took steps in opposite directions toward solving a crisis in state juvenile detention centers, after all five lockups operated by the state Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) were found to be violating the civil rights of youthful offenders …
Publication • September 10, 2024
Letter to Governor Inslee about Green Hill September 10, 2024 Dear Governor Inslee, As formerly incarcerated persons who have professional, as well as deep personal knowledge of the process of rehabilitation, we ask that you respect our lived expertise and release youth in our state’s Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) facilities who …
Alex a v. Governor Edwards, USA, Statemen of Interest of the USA, Conditions of Confinement, 2023 Case 3:22-cv-00573-SDD-RLB Document 183 07/28/23 Page 1 of 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA ALEX A., by and through his guardian, Molly Smith, et al., Plaintiffs, v. GOVERNOR JOHN …
Article • June 13, 2023
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
Texas Lawmakers Vote to Build New Youth Prisons, Ship Some Teens to Adult Lockups by Chuck Sharman by Chuck Sharman In a surprising shift, the Texas Legislature approved construction of new state-run prisons for youth and transferring some teenagers from the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) to the more punitive …
Article • February 1, 2023 • from PLN February, 2023
Former Judges in Pennsylvania ‘Kids for Cash’ Scandal Must Pay $206 Million in Damages by Ashleigh Dye by Ashleigh N. Dye On August 18, 2022, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ordered two former state judges to pay $206 million in damages for taking $2.8 million in kickbacks to shut down …
Article • August 25, 2022
Two Juvenile Behavioral Treatment Centers in Detroit Ordered to Close by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott On June 23, 2022, the state of Michigan notified two youth residential behavioral treatment centers in Detroit they had to shutter operations by July 8 due to shocking allegations of staff abuse …
Article • August 5, 2022
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
Louisiana Moves Juvenile Offenders to Troubled State Penitentiary at Angola by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) announced on July 19, 2022, that approximately 25 teenage juvenile offenders will be transferred from a residential center near New Orleans to temporary housing at the …
L.A. Juvenile Detention Center Remains “Unsuitable for the Confinement of Minors” by Keith Sanders by Keith Sanders On July 15, 2022, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) for California’s Los Angeles County reported that the county’s juvenile detention facilities remain out of compliance with the requirements of a settlement …
Article • March 1, 2021 • from PLN March, 2021
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
California Starts Phase-Out of Most State Juvenile Prisons, but Loophole Allows Two to Remain Open by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney Beginning in July 2021, California will stop accepting nearly all youth offenders at three facilities operated by the Division of Juvenile Justice (“DJJ”). This resulted from an August 2020 …
Article • January 1, 2021 • from PLN January, 2021
Filed under: COVID-19, Juvenile Prisons
COVID-19 Hits Fairfax, Virginia Juvenile Detention Center by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss An outbreak of COVID-19 began September 29, 2020, at the Juvenile Detention Center (JDC) in Fairfax County, Virginia, with eight staff and six juveniles testing positive over the next 10 days for the novel coronavirus that causes …
Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
Conditions at South Carolina Juvenile Facility Unconstitutional by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued notice on February 5, 2020 that it has found the “totality of the conditions, practices, and incidents” it discovered at Broad River Road Complex (BRRC), South Carolina’s long-term juvenile …
Human Rights Protections for Children - State Ratings Report 2020 2020 State Ratings Report Human Rights Protections for Children in the U.S. Justice System Acknowledgments We would like to thank the Coalition for Public Safety, Represent Justice, and the Weissberg Foundation for their support and partnership in the creation of …
Brief • March 28, 2020
Flores v. Barr, CA, Order to Show Cause, Child Detention, 2020 Case 2:85-cv-04544-DMG-AGR Document 740 Filed 03/28/20 Page 1 of 15 Page ID #:34485 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA CIVIL MINUTES—GENERAL Case No. CV 85-4544-DMG (AGRx) Date Title Jenny L. Flores, et al. v. William P. Barr, …
Brief • March 25, 2020
Filed under: Juvenile Prisons
Coleman v. Newsom, CA, Declaration of Dr. Craig Haney, Psychological Effects of Continued Incarceration on Children, 2020 Case 2:90-cv-00520-KJM-DB Document 6526 Filed 03/25/20 Page 1 of 8 1 2 3 4 5 6 DONALD SPECTER – 083925 STEVEN FAMA – 099641 ALISON HARDY – 135966 SARA NORMAN – 189536 RITA …
Brief • March 22, 2020
Affidavit of Dr. Craig Haney re: psychological effects of continued incarceration on children
Department of Justice - Investigation of South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice's Broad River Road Complex, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Allorney General 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW - RFK Washington, DC 20530 FEB Ot2020 The Honorable Henry McMaster Governor of South Carolina State House 1100 Gervais …
Notice Regarding Investigation of South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice, U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, 2020 U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Assistant Allorney General 950 Pennsylvania Ave, NW - RFK Washington, DC 20530 FEB Ot2020 The Honorable Henry McMaster Governor of South Carolina State House 1100 …
Article • January 8, 2020 • from PLN January, 2020
Oregon Passes Historic Juvenile Justice Reform Bill but Refuses to Apply it Retroactively by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson On July 22, 2019, Oregon joined 22 other states and the District of Columbia in eliminating life without parole sentences for prisoners who committed their offenses as juveniles. The state enacted …
Article • November 19, 2019
Guard and 17 Incarcerees Indicted for Violent Robberies at Texas Youth Lockup by On October 9, 2019, one guard and 17 juveniles were indicted in connection with multiple violent robberies of juveniles incarcerated at the McLennan County State Juvenile Facility in Mart, Texas, just east of Waco. The grand jury …
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