US EditionLawsuit: New York Youth Detention Centers Illegally Using Solitary Confinement
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The centres in question, located north of New York, are intended for young people aged 12 to 21 and, according to demand, are supposed to function as rehabilitation and treatment spaces.
New York, Jan. 9 (EFE).- Juvenile detention centers in New York are imposing as punishment a solitary confinement that can extend to weeks or months, in small cells that do not have toilets, so they are forced to urinate and defecate in bins or bins and eat in such unhygienic conditions, points out a collective lawsuit filed today in a federal court. According to the lawsuit, filed by the non-profit lawyer organization Legal Aid Society and the …
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The Daily NewsThe state is locking kids in solitary confinement without toilets, lawsuit alleges
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