does this take some of the republican luster off the gov. or does it make him more their kinda guy?
An Ohio juvenile correctional facility placed a child, who was on suicide watch and psychiatric medication, in solitary confinement for 1,964 hours between April and September of last year, according to the Department of Justice. Referred to as "K.R." in court documents, the boy's longest uninterrupted stretch of solitary confinement lasted about 19 days. And his experience isn't unique:Four juvenile correctional facilities in Ohio imposed almost 60,000 hours of solitary confinement on 229 boys with mental-health needs in the second half of 2013, according to the government agency.These details, and other harrowing accounts, are included in a March 12 lawsuit filed by the the Justice Department against the state of Ohio, Republican Gov. John Kasich, and others, on the basis that the state's excessive use of solitary confinement among children with mental-health issues is unconstitutional.The lawsuit names four state juvenile correctional facilities that are engaging in confinement practices that "will cause irreparable harm to these youth," according to the agency."The way in which Ohio uses seclusion to punish youth with mental health needs victimizes one of the most vulnerable groups in our society," Jocelyn Samuels, acting assistant attorney general for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, said in a March statement."We have a responsibility to provide a safe environment for youth and staff, and seclusion is used as a last resort to maintain safety and order so that we can help youth change their lives,"Frances Russ, a spokeswoman for the Ohio Department of Youth Services, which is named in the lawsuit, tells Mother Jones. Under the agency's policy,youth placed in seclusion are supposed to be checked visually by staff every 15 minutes and visited daily by personnel. Russ couldn't comment on whether this protocol was followed in the case of K.R. and other children mentioned in the lawsuit.The Justice Department notes that at one facility, mental-health staff visited briefly each day, but did not deliver adequate treatment.
stuck in medieval times when those mentally ill were warehoused and forgotten truly part of the republican apathetic view of those poor, sick, and in need of mental health services. and their audacity of arrogance allows him to say they have an obligation for safety???
now you know where some of that money he claims he saved Ohio came from starving those in need of the help they are obligated by law to supply, will this hurt him in the party ranks, no after all this is the party of "ENHANCED INTEROGATION" formerly known as "TORTURE".
In the past few years, there has been growing research on the harm solitary confinement inflicts on adult prisoners. A United Nations expert on torture said in 2011 that solitary confinement should never be inflicted on adults for more than 15 days, noting that scientific studies have documented mental damage after only a few days in isolation.Mother Jonescontributor Shane Bauer, who spent four months in solitary confinement in Iran, has called solitary confinement in US prisons comparable to the horrific conditions he experienced abroad, if not worse—people regularly spend years or decades in solitary in the United States.But while solitary confinement of adults has recently gotten some attention, the seclusion of children is a practice that largely still occurs in the dark. "No one knows exactly what is happening to children behind bars, and no is accountable," says Amy Fettig, senior staff counsel for the ACLU's National Prison Project (NPP). "If this harms adults so terribly, what does it do to kids who are still growing and developing?"The Justice Department has recently started taking action on solitary confinement of juveniles, as part of the Obama administration's push to stop discrimination against mentally disabled Americans. In addition to the Ohio case, in February,the Justice Department intervened in a case against Contra Costa County, California, over the solitary confinement of children with disabilities in juvenile hall. In one example, a 17-year-old was placed in a solitary confinement for 60 days because he was hearing voices, and eventually "began smearing feces in his cell" and suffered a psychotic break, according to the agency.The Justice Department argues that children in solitary in Ohio aren't always getting adequate education and mental-health treatment. Advocates say that it's hard to know what happens in facilities in the United States, because data is scarce.
just think for second if state run facilities are this lax and dismissive of the law think how horrible it would be under private prisons supported by your proven "give a damn about you" republicans, suppose your kid is in there for one of the many ridiculous laws that can get them life, the longer the sentence the more guaranteed income i the future.
arguing issues only delays and prolongs the harm done to our kids by an uncaring system that it's supporter are in compliance.
