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SB 1143 Support Letter – Request for Signature

Letter to Governor Brown requesting his signature; a bill limiting use of solitary confinement for...

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Letter to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors

Letter from YLC to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors opposing use of pepper spray in...

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Public Comments from Youth Advocates on DHHS ORR PREA Commnets

Public Comments from Youth Advocates on Department of Health and Human Services' Interim Final Rule...

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YLC Statement on Solitary Confinement

Statement of the Youth Law Center, Reassessing Solitary Confinemnet II: The Human Rights, Fiscal and...

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Protecting Youth in the PREA National Standards

These are public comments from youth advocates on proposed standards for the implementation of the...

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Joint Informational Hearing on the California Youth Authority, May 16, 2000

In response to recent disclosures concerning the California Youth Authority, on May 16, 2000, the Senate...

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Violence-Prone Youth Authority Still Fails Its Children, Its Taxpayers – Daily Journal Forum Column

Article in the Daily Journal Forum Column about efforts to reform the California Youth Authority...

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California Juvenile Justice Reform in the 21st Century (So Far)

This 2006 presentation at the California Public Defender Association meeting in Monterey covers changes at...

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Letter to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department re Proposed Changes to Pepper Spray Regulations

This letter expresses YLC concerns regarding proposed changes to pepper spray regulations in Texas. ...

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Trauma and the Environment of Care in Juvenile Institutions

This article is about trauma and the environment of care – the way detention itself...

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ACLU Sues Over Center’s “Cruel” Conditions

Rocky Mountain News article about the filing of E.R. v. McDonnell, a juvenile detention center...

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State Settles Gilliam Lawsuit

Rocky Mountain News article about the settlement in E. R. v. McDonnell, a lawsuit in...

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Judge Limits O.C.’s Use of Restraints on Youths

Orange County Register article about the results of the trial in Hollingsworth v. Orange County,...

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Judge Orders Reform at O.C. Juvenile Hall

LA Times article about the conclusion of the trial in our case, Hollingsworth v. Orange...

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Gilliam Changes Welcome, but Delay Was Unforgivable

Denver Post op ed piece about E.R v. McDonnell, a case in which the Youth...

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Gilliam Youth Center Reform Plan Hailed

Denver Post article about the settlement reached in the case, E.R. v. McDonnell, where the...

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Danny O. v. Bowman Judgment

Danny O. v. Bowman was a federal class action suit on behalf of all youth...

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Sacramento Valley Mirror’s Sex, Drugs and Violence in Tehama Juvenile Hall

YLC Attorney Sue Burrell was interviewed for this four part Sacramento Valley Mirror series...

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Nick O. v. Terhune Stipulation and Order

Nick O. v. Terhune was a federal class action challenging the failure of the defendants...

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Willie M. v. Hunt Judgment and Order

Willie M. v. Hunt was a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenged the state's failure...

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Willie M. v. Hunt Complaint

Willie M. v. Hunt was a federal civil rights lawsuit that challenged the state's failure...

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Tommy P.v. Board of County Commissioners Memorandum and Judgment

Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...

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Tommy P. v. Board of Commissioners First Amended Complaint

Tommy P. v. Board of County Commissioners was a state court action to insure that...

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Steven L. v. Kern County Settlement Agreement

Steven L. v. Kern County challenged the policies at the Kern County Juvenile Hall and...

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Steven L. v. Kern County First Amended Complaint

Steven L. v. Kern County challenged the policies at the Kern County Juvenile Hall and...

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Shaw v. San Francisco Settlement Agreement

Shaw v. San Francisco challenged various illegal policies, practices and conditions of confinement at the...

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Shaw v. San Francisco Complaint

Shaw v. San Francisco challenged various illegal policies, practices and conditions of confinement at the...

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Robert K. v. Bell Consent Order

Robert K. v. Bell was a federal class action brought by nine children who were...

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S.H. v. Reed Stipulation, Injunction and Order re Use of Force

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

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S.H. v. Reed Temporary Restraining Order

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

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S.H. v. Reed Stipulation for Injunctive Relief

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

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S.H. v. Reed Second Amended Complaint

S.H. v. Reed is a federal civil rights class action on behalf of all juveniles...

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Nick O. v. Terhune Complaint

Nick O. v. Terhune was a federal class action challenging the failure of the defendants...

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Milonas v. Williams Memorandum Opinion

In Milonas v. Williams, staff attorneys challenged conditions at a secure residential facility in Provo....

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Milonas v. Williams Second Amended Complaint

In Milonas v. Williams, staff attorneys challenged conditions at a secure residential facility in Provo....

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Johnnie K. v. Crist Stipulation and Order

Johnnie K. v. Crist was a civil rights action brought by juveniles confined in the...

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Johnnie K. v. Crist Complaint

Johnnie K. v. Crist was a civil rights action brought by juveniles confined in the...

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Jane G. v. Solano County Settlement Agreement and Order

Jane G. v. Solano County was filed on behalf of a 17-year-old girl who was...

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Jane G. v. Solano County Complaint

Jane G. v. Solano County was filed on behalf of a 17-year-old girl who was...

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Hollingsworth v. Orange County Statement of Decision and Judgment

Hollingsworth v. Orange County was a conditions of confinement case filed in state court. The...

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Hollingsworth v. Orange County Third Amended Complaint

Hollingsworth v. Orange County was a conditions of confinement case filed in state court. The...

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Gary H. v. Hegstrom Final Decree and Judgement

Gary H. v. Hegstrom challenged the conditions of confinement and adequacy of treatment programs for...

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Gary H. v. Hegstrom Second Amended Complaint

Gary H. v. Hegstrom challenged the conditions of confinement and adequacy of treatment programs for...

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G.C. v. Coler Settlement Agreement

G.C. v. Coler was a federal, class action lawsuit brought on behalf of children confined...

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G.C. v. Coler Second Amended Complaint

G.C. v. Coler was a federal, class action lawsuit brought on behalf of children confined...

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E.R. v. McDonnell Settlement Agreement and Order

E.R. v. McDonnell, was filed in December 1995, on behalf of two children confined in...

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E.R. v. McDonnell First Amended Complaint

E.R. v. McDonnell, was filed in December 1995, on behalf of two children confined in...

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Doe v. Younger Settlement Agreement

Doe v. Younger challenged the conditions of confinement for juveniles at the Kenton County Detention...

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Doe v. Younger Amended Complaint

Doe v. Younger challenged the conditions of confinement for juveniles at the Kenton County Detention...

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Doe v. Foti Consent Decree

Doe v. Foti was a civil rights class action challenging conditions of confinement for juveniles...

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Doe v. Foti Complaint

Doe v. Foti was a civil rights class action challenging conditions of confinement for juveniles...

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Danny O. v. Bowman Complaint

Danny O. v. Bowman was a federal class action suit on behalf of all youth...

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D.J.R. v. Christean Consent Decree

D.J.R. v. Christean was a federal civil rights class action which challenged the use of...

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Clarence M. v. Yakima Parital Consent Judgment

Clarence M. v. Yakima was a civil rights action for declaratory judgment, permanent injunction, damages...

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Clarence M. v. Yakima Amended Complaint

Clarence M. v. Yakima was a civil rights action for declaratory judgment, permanent injunction, damages...

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Christina A. v. Bloomberg Settlement Agreement

Christina A. v. Bloomberg challenged the conditions of confinement at the South Dakota State Training...

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Christina A. v. Bloomberg Complaint

Christina A. v. Bloomberg challenged the conditions of confinement at the South Dakota State Training...

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Bobby M. v. Martinez Consent Decreee

Bobby M. v. Martinez, a federal class action, was brought on behalf of the 1,000...

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Bobby M. v. Martinez Second Amended Complaint

Bobby M. v. Martinez, a federal class action, was brought on behalf of the 1,000...

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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD 2010 Complaint

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD Final Agreement

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD Settlement Press Release 2009

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD Appendix to 2006 Agreement

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

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ACLU-NM v. New Mexico CYFD 2006 Agreement

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

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Anthony C. v. Pima County Stipulation and Agreement

Anthony C. v. Pima County was filed in 1982 to challenge a number of practices...

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Working Together: Building Local Monitoring Capacity for Juvenile Detention Centers

This report describes a project undertaken when the California Legislature defunded state inspections of juvenile...

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Anthony C. v. Pima County Complaint

Anthony C. v. Pima County was filed in 1982 to challenge a number of practices...

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Aguilar v. Mitchell Complaint

Aguilar v. Mitchell was a federal court action involving conditions of confinement of children in...

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ACLU NM v. NMCYFD 2007 Complaint

Since 2002, YLC staff has worked with the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico...

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The Prison Rape Elimination Act Standards – Comments from Youth Advocates on Minimum Staffing Ratios in Juvenile F...

Youth Law Center joined other advocacy organizations in submitting formal comments to Attorney General Eric...

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Energy Efficient Strategies for Defenders to Improve Conditions for Clents in Custody

This is a short discussion of strategies defenders may use to address individual client situations...

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Moving Away From Hardware: The JDAI Standards on Fixed Restaints

This is the first in a series of papers on conditions of confinement issues for...

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The Human Impact of Crowding in Juvenile Detention

This article explores the human impact of crowding as actually observed in detention centers around...

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