Teenagers as young as 12 years old in New York juvenile detention centers are held for prolonged periods in solitary confinement cells without plumbing, according to a lawsuit filed earlier this month.
A federal class action lawsuit filed by the Legal Aid Society and the law firm Jenner and Block alleges that the New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) “routinely and unlawfully imposes solitary confinement in its five secure placement facilities, locking youth as young as 12 years old alone in small, barren cells for extended periods with no recourse to secure their release.”
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