Standards/enforcement

Letter to Santa Clara Board of Supervisors

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

Categories: Detention, Juvenile justice legal issues, Standards/enforcement

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...

Categories: Legal Rights/Placement, Standards/enforcement

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...

Categories: Detention, Disposition/placement, Standards/enforcement

YLC Statement on Solitary Confinement

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

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

Protecting Youth in the PREA National Standards

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

Categories: Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

D.J.R. v. Christean Consent Decree

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

Categories: Detention, Legal/policy issues, Standards/enforcement

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...

Categories: Standards/enforcement