by Jenny Lutz | Jan 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
Jay Z, Harvey Weinstein, and Spike TV Highlight Need to Stop Solitary for Kids with Documentary Series TIME: The Kalief Browder Story premiered on Spike TV on March 1, 2017 and aired every Wednesday at 10:00 PM ET through April 5, 2017 This documentary series...
by Jenny Lutz | Dec 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
On February 22, 2017, U.S. District Court Judge David Hurd granted a preliminary injunction to stop the Onondaga Justice Center in Syracuse, New York from putting 16 and 17-year olds in solitary confinement pending the result of litigation in the V.W. et al. v. Conway...
by Jenny Lutz | Oct 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
Your tax-deductible contribution will helps us end the solitary confinement of youth in juvenile and adult facilities. The Stop Solitary for Kids campaign supports reforms by: Connecting agency and facility administrators with peers who have successfully reduced...
by Jenny Lutz | Sep 27, 2016 | Uncategorized
California Passes Legislation to Limit Solitary for Youth In April 2016, California Senator Mark Leno introduced SB 1143, legislation to ban the use of room confinement for the purposes of punishment, coercion, convenience, or retaliation and to limit its use to...
by Jenny Lutz | Sep 16, 2016 | Uncategorized
The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges’ (NCJFCJ) Resolution against solitary restricts isolation to situations when a youth is out of control and poses an immediate risk of harm to self or others, and then only until the youth regains control. This...
