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Families Not Facilities: Workable Solutions to Protect the Vulnerable Youth in the Department of Children’s Servicesâ€...

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Calling Out the Harms of Incarceration: Using Research to Fight Confinement of Youth

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Designed to Fail: A Report on Wilder Youth Development Center, a Department of Children’s Services Facility

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Youth Returning to the Community from Juvenile Justice Facilities: A Guide for Advocates

No child should remain in custody due to the lack of a reentry plan. Now...

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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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Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience- Schools in Juvenile Justice Get an F

Educators Routinely Ignore a Captive Audience - Schools in Juvenile Hall Get An F. ...

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Locked Up and Alone

Article exploring solitary confinement in juvenile facilities against the backdrop of SB 124 (Leno), currently...

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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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San Diego City Beat “Legislation seeks to end isolation in juvenile facilities”

Article in San Diego City Beat on SB 124 (Leno), a in the California legislature...

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AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know

Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Group Home Staff Need to Know. AB...

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AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know

Fact Sheet on AB 388: What Youth Advocates Need to Know. AB 388,...

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AB 388: New Protections for Youth In Group Homes

Fact Sheet on AB 388, a new law taking effect January 1, 2015, designed to...

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AB 388: What Social Workers Need to Know

Fact sheet for social workers on AB 388: a new law taking effect January 1,...

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Sticker Shock: Calculating the Full Price Tag for Youth Incarceration

Report by the Justice Policy Institute outlining the costs of juvenile incarceration.

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Juvenile Justice Can Be Less Expensive and More Effective

Op-ed by YLC Staff Attorney Sue Burrell on the cost of juvenile detention published by...

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Op-Ed: Incarcerating Disturbed Youth Is a Flawed Response

YLC staff attorney Sue Burrell, wrote an op ed piece for the CT Mirror, Incarcerating...

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SF Gate (AP).Groups Seeks Probe Into Pepper Spray Use

AP article appearing in SFGate.com on Complaint filed with DOJ over use of pepper spray...

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SD Tribune article – Pepper Spray, Searches Draw Complaint

Article in San Diego Union Tribune on Complaint filed with DOJ over Use of Pepper...

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San Diego City Beat – Civil Rights Groups Blast San Diego County Over Pepper Spray in Juvenile Halls

article in Sn Diego City Beat on DOJ complaint filed over pepper spray use in...

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San Diego Union Tribune (AP) – Groups Seek Probe Into Pepper Spray Use

Article appearing in the San Diego Union Tribune on complaint filed with DOJ by Youth...

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San Diego City Beat “Civil Rights Groups Blast San Diego County over Pepper Spray in Juvenile Halls

Article by Dave Maass and Kelly Davis on DOJ Complaint filed by Youth Law Center...

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Press Release

Press Release on DOJ Complaint Over Pepper Spray in San Diego Juvenile Halls

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DOJ Complaint

Complaint to the Department of Justice over Pepper Spray and Mistreatment of Youth in San...

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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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Challenging Lenthy Post-Disposition Commitments to Juvenile Halls

The purpose of this memorandum is to address ways to challenge the imposition of lengthy...

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Ricardo M. – Cases on Commitment to Juvenile Hall

Cases on commitment to juvenile hall in chronological order. Note that the statutes have...

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Youth with Developmental Disabilities in the Juvenile Justice System – Power point Presentation

This power point presentation summarizes the results of a survey of probation departments. It...

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The Dangers of Detention – PowerPoint Presentation

This powerpoint presentation highlights the negative impact of detention.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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