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DOJ publishes a report condemning treatment of youth at four of the New York's Juvenile Prisons

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Report Cites Abuse at State Juvenile Prison Centers By NICHOLAS CONFESSORE Published: August 24, 2009- NY Times ALBANY ? Children at four juvenile detention centers in New York were so severely abused by workers that it constituted a violation of their constitutional rights, according to a report by the United States Department of Justice made public on Monday. The findings raise the possibility of a federal takeover of the state?s entire youth detention system if the problems are not addressed. The report caps a nearly two-year investigation by the Justice Department?s Civil Rights Division into claims of excessive physical force at some of the state?s 28 juvenile residential centers, which house children who were convicted of criminal acts but are too young to serve in adult jails and prisons...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on August 24, 2009 (boomark / email).