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Article • September 14, 2019
Florida Pays $4.7 Million in Overcharges of Juvenile Detention by Florida’s Polk County received a $4.7 million settlement from the state in a lawsuit alleging the Florida Department of Justice (DJJ) overcharged counties between 2009 and 2012 for housing juvenile offenders. Polk County joined nine other counties in 2014 in …
$100,000 Withheld from Washington Jail for Failure to Fully Implement Ban on Juvenile Solitary Confinement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks The King County jail system in Washington State was slated to receive $100,000 in March 2019, but the payment was put on hold following reports that jail officials were …
Publication • July 1, 2019
Issue #9 From The Inside Out, Prison Watch, 2019 89 Market Street, 6th Floor | Newark, NJ 07102 | 973-643-1924 “FROM THE INSIDE OUT” This report was created by Program Director Bonnie Kerness (973-410-3978/ ​bkerness@afsc.org​), Interns Yajedah (Jada) West and Demecis Matias, and with further assistance from Ojore Lutalo. Both …
San Francisco Joins National Push to Abolish Youth Prisons by Ella Fassler by Ella Fassler, Truthout, June 3, 2019 It’s happening in Minneapolis. New Jersey. Arkansas. Upstate New York. Durango, Colorado. One by one, juvenile prisons are closing, or are slated to close, in response to child abuse reports, sustained …
Publication • June 1, 2019
Not In Isolation, Stop Solitary for Kids, 2019 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT STOP SOLITARY FOR KIDS Stop Solitary for Kids is a national campaign to end solitary confinement of youth in juvenile and adult facilities in the United States. The campaign is a joint effort by the Center for Children’s Law and …
Toxic Treatment: The Abuse of Tear Gas Weapons in California Juvenile Detention, ACLU California, 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 Acknowledgements 3 Methodology 4 Executive Summary 6 Introduction: Mistreated in a Fragmented Juvenile Justice System 13 Impact: Using Tear Gas Weapons Against Youth is Harmful and Counterproductive 17 Findings: Public Records …
Wisconsin Pays Largest Civil Rights Settlement in State’s History –$18.9 Million – for Juvenile Offender’s Suicide Attempt by Chad Marks, Derek Gilna by Chad Marks and Derek Gilna Sydni Briggs was 16 years old in July 2015 when she was remanded to a Wisconsin state youth prison for breaking into …
Meet the Grown-Ups Keeping Kids Out of Prison by Ross Barkan The Youth Correctional Leaders for Justice will help guide towns, cities, and states on how to close youth prisons for good. by Ross Barkan, The Nation, April 8, 2019 One Saturday morning 13 years ago, Darryl Thompson went to …
The Next Step - Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes, 2019 The Next Step Ending Excessive Punishment for Violent Crimes For more information, contact: The Sentencing Project 1705 DeSales Street NW 8th Floor Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 628-0871 sentencingproject.org twitter.com/sentencingproj facebook.com/thesentencingproject instagram.com/endlifeimprisonment This report was written by Nazgol Ghandnoosh, Ph.D., …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Washington County, School District Pay $265,000 for Holding Juveniles in Solitary by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell In August 2018, King County, Washington agreed to pay $240,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by four juveniles who were placed in solitary confinement at the county’s Regional Justice Center (RJC) in Kent. …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
New Sheriff Ends Juvenile Solitary Confinement at North Carolina Jail by Kevin W. Bliss by Kevin W. Bliss Elected in May 2018 and sworn in seven months later, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Sheriff Garry McFadden has already made good on campaign promises to restore in-person visits at the local jail …
Article • March 5, 2019 • from PLN March, 2019
Filed under: Juveniles, Juvenile Prisons
Seventh Circuit Reverses Dismissal of Juvenile Prisoners’ Civil Rights Case by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by two Iowa girls who alleged they were mistreated at the Wisconsin Girls State Training School at …
Wisconsin’s Troubled Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls to Close in 2021, New Governor Says by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna  The Wisconsin Department of Corrections youth facilities at the Lincoln Hills School for Boys and Copper Lake School for Girls, located in rural Wisconsin north of …
Article • January 22, 2019
Prison Policy Institute Study Says Juvenile Justice System Problems Mirror Adult Issues by Derek Gilna by Derek Gilna The Prison Policy Institute (PPI) in 2018 published a study of the juvenile justice system, which concluded that it “mirrors” many of the same problems of the adult criminal justice system. This …
Article • January 8, 2019 • from PLN January, 2019
Settlement in HRDC Suit Against Solitary Confinement of Juveniles at Florida Jail by On November 15, 2018, the Human Rights Defense Center, PLN’s parent organization, as well as the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Florida and the law firm of Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, announced a settlement …
H.C. v. Bradshaw, Florida Juvenile Solitary Confinement Settlement, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WM Document 78-1 Entered on FLSD Docket 11/15/2018 Page 1 of 43 H.C. at al v. PBSO et al., Civil Action No.: 9:18-cv-80810 Settlement Agreement UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA Civil No. 18-cv-80810 – Dimitrouleas/Matthewman H.C., a …
Florida: $60,000 Settlement for Juvenile Offender Raped During “Test of Heart” Ritual by David Reutter by David M. Reutter A Florida juvenile offender who was beaten and raped by other prisoners as a guard stood by and watched has received a $60,000 settlement from the state. According to the U.S. …
H.C. v. Bradshaw, Florida Juvenile Solitary Confinement Preliminary Injunction Motion, 2018 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WPD Document 6 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/21/2018 Page 1 of 25 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WPD Document 6 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/21/2018 Page 2 of 25 Case 9:18-cv-80810-WPD Document 6 Entered on FLSD Docket 06/21/2018 Page 3 of 25 …
Article • June 14, 2018
Filed under: Juveniles, Juvenile Prisons
Adolescent Texas Prisoners Moving To Different Prison by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Some youthful offenders in Texas will soon be moved to a former death row wing in the Ellis Unit in Huntsville. Children ages 14 to 17 who are certified as adults, tried and sentenced to prison for …
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