Litigation
Feb. 21, 2014
Federal agencies get involved in Contra Costa Juvenile Hall case
Taking an unusual step, the U.S. government waded into an ongoing federal lawsuit that challenges the placement of youth with disabilities at Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall in solitary confinement without educational services.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
In an unusual move, the U.S. government waded into a federal lawsuit that challenges the solitary confinement conditions of disabled youth at Contra Costa County Juvenile Hall.
The lawsuit, filed last year by the Disability Rights Advocates, Public Counsel and Paul Hastings LLP, challenges a policy that places disabled youth who the county considers dangerous in solitary confinement without access t...
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