Source: New York Post
Kids in New York’s juvenile detention centers were placed in solitary confinement in tiny cells for up to 24 hours a day — some lacking fresh water and a bucket for a toilet — over minor infractions or as a way to deal with staffing issues, a new bombshell lawsuit claims. The class action suit claims five facilities under the State Office of Children and Family Services “routinely and unlawfully [impose] solitary confinement” as punishment on children as young as 12 left “alone in small, barren cells for extended periods. ” 4 Kids in New York’s juvenile detention centers are being forced to spend up to 24 hours in small, “squalid” cells, like this one at the Industry Residential Center, a new lawsuit claims.
