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Erica Webster

8/23/2016

Reports Cites Mental Health Treatment Gaps at California’s DJJ Facilities

Jeremy Loudenback

Months after California’s Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) left federal oversight over conditions at its correctional facilities, advocates say that problems like institutional violence and poor mental health care are endemic at the three remaining DJJ facilities.

3/3/2015

Discontinuing Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities

Guest Writer

By Erica Webster Letters thrown in a urinal. Standing in the cold at 5 AM. Locked in solitary confinement for days. These are some of the disciplinary methods James Anderson remembers correctional officers using at Camp Scobee, a secure juvenile facility in Los Angeles County.

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