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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 …
$550,000 Settlement After Juvenile’s Suicide at Charlotte Jail by David Reutter On January 2, 2025, a settlement was signed by the Plaintiff in a lawsuit over the suicide of a juvenile pretrial detainee held at the lockup in North Carolina’s Mecklenburg County. Under the terms of the agreement, the County …
Article • July 1, 2024 • from PLN July, 2024
$500,000 for Texas Teen Sodomized in Jail by According to final judgment entered in federal court for the Southern District of Texas on December 18, 2023, Brazos County paid $500,000 to a former detainee assaulted at the county jail in October 2022. The victim, identified as “A.R.,” was a minor …
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 27, 2023
Texas Ships its Most Troubled Youth to Adult Prisons by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi As a result of a significantly depleted work force, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD), is imploring judges to send its most troubled and violent youth to the adult prison system operated by the state …
Article • June 1, 2022 • from PLN June, 2022
DOJ Secures Settlement With South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice at Detention Center Where Staff Hogtied and Bit Kids by Brooke Kaufman by Brooke Kaufman On April 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a Settlement Agreement with the federal court for the District of South Carolina that brings …
G.H. V. Tamayo, FL, Order Compelling Discovery, Solitary Confinement of Juveniles, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00431-RH-MJF Document 169 Filed 11/18/21 Page 1 of 3 Page 1 of 3 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION G.H. and R.L., Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. 4:19cv431-RH-MJF DEPARTMENT OF …
G.H. V. Tamayo, FL, Order Certifying Class, Solitary Confinement of Juveniles, 2021 Case 4:19-cv-00431-RH-MJF Document 157 Filed 10/22/21 Page 1 of 15 Page 1 of 15 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE DIVISION G.H. et al, Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. 4:19cv431-RH-MJF JOSEFINA TAMAYO …
Michigan Settles Sex Abuse Claims by 1,300 Former Juvenile Offenders Housed With Adults for $80 Million by David Reutter by David M. Reutter On January 29, 2020, the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) agreed to pay $80 million to resolve a class action lawsuit filed by juveniles who were housed …
$1.5 Million Settlement in Georgia Youth’s Rape at Juvenile Detention Center by David Reutter by David M. Reutter The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) agreed to a $1.5 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging a 14-year-old was the target of several beatings and attacks and was raped in a …
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, …
Article • March 4, 2020 • from PLN March, 2020
$200,000 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Louisiana Jail Guard Sexually Abusing Juvenile by David M. Reutter by David M. Reutter A $200,000 settlement was reached to resolve a civil rights action alleging a guard at Louisiana’s St. Bernard Parish Jail subjected a 15-year-old detainee to repeated sexual abuse. The complaint stated …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Oregon: Knowledge of Injury and Defendants’ Causal Role Required for Accrual of § 1983 Claims by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson A unanimous Oregon Supreme Court held on January 17, 2019 that a claim that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to the risk of sexual abuse by a guard at a …
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 …
National Center for Youth Law - The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody, 2019 Tornillo, photo courtesy of Reuters The Flores Settlement Agreement & Unaccompanied Children in Federal Custody February 2019 U.C. Davis Immigration Law Clinic This briefing document was prepared by the National Center for Youth …
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 …
Florida: Suit Continues Against CoreCivic for Rape of Developmentally Disabled Child by Monte McCoin by Monte McCoin In November 2017, a U.S. District Court judge set a February 2019 trial date in a civil suit to resolve allegations that CoreCivic – formerly known as Corrections Corporation of America – failed …
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