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September 16, 2015

Videos from CT Juvenile Detention Facilities Show Excessive Force 
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In Connecticut, new surveillance video released from inside two juvenile
detention facilities appears to show a number of incidents of staff
members using excessive force against the youth. The videos, published
Tuesday by the Office of the Child Advocate, show staff members at the
Connecticut Juvenile Training School for boys and the nearby Pueblo
facility for girls tackling children, as well as shackling and isolating
children in seclusion units. In one video, a girl named Jennie is
tackled by four staff members after she refused to get off the
telephone. She was later isolated in a padded cell, where she had a
panic attack, and was eventually shackled and taken to the ER. The
videos were obtained as part of an ongoing investigation by the Office
of the Child Advocate into conditions inside the two facilities.

 

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