• In another Legal Aid-related suit, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe is co-counsel along with the society in a class action that claims juveniles held in New York’s youth detention facilities suffer from widespread physical abuse and a lack of adequate mental health care. The plaintiffs won an apparent victory on Wednesday when federal district court [...]
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What does NY and MD Juvenile Justice have in common? Assault and injury rates to staff and youth at unprecedented highs after changing their restraint policies. Riots where the youths, not the staff, control the facilities Escapees Releasing Juveniles into non-secure and community settings prematurely resulting in civilian casualties NY: One juvenile transferred from a [...]
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