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Youth prison system under pressure- proposed Senate bill would require states to track use of restraints in juvenile detention

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

"A bill before the U.S. Senate would require states to track the use of restraints in juvenile detention, which some states do voluntarily."The research tells us unequivocally" restraint "can result in a child's death," says Tara Andrews of the Coalition for Juvenile Justice, which is lobbying for the bill's passage." Youth prison system under pressure February 3, 2010 By Martha T. Moore, USA TODAY NEW YORK ? Three years after a 15-year-old boy died in restraints, the youth prison where he was pinned to the floor is set to be closed. The shuttering of Tryon Boys Residential Center is due to budget gaps that plague states across the USA ? but also is a sign of the intense pressure on New York to improve its deeply troubled juvenile detention system...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on February 03, 2010 (boomark / email).