by Jenny Lutz | Dec 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
LEGISLATION: Hawaii Introduces Legislation to Ban Solitary for Youth (Feb. 2020) SB...
by Jenny Lutz | Feb 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Stop Solitary for Kids (SSK) is a partnership of four national organizations to end the practice of solitary confinement, also known as “isolation,” “room confinement,” and “segregation.” SSK focuses on helping juvenile justice stakeholders to identify and implement...
by Jenny Lutz | Feb 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
Ending Youth Solitary Project Coordinator Full Job Description and Application Instructions The Center for Children’s Law and Policy (CCLP) seeks a part-time Project Coordinator to help lead CCLP’s work on new approaches to end solitary confinement for young people in...
by Jenny Lutz | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
After a lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County and the Human Rights Defense Center, the Palm Beach County Jail agreed to a settlement that significantly limit isolation for youth in H.C. v. PBSO (2018). Click here to read more about the settlement...
by Jenny Lutz | Jun 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Litigation: Abuse and Solitary at Shenandoah Valley Youth Facility Immigrant children as young as 14-years-old who were housed at the Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Virginia say they physically abused and locked in solitary confinement for long periods...
by Jenny Lutz | Jan 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
On January 17, 2018, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Peter Leask ruled that the practice of indefinite solitary confinement in Canadian prisons is unconstitutional. Read more...
