March 26, 2010
Juveniles
You are sitting with your client in the basement of the Family Court building. The two of you are in a little cubicle set off from the main room by some makeshift walls. The door is warped and won’t close properly, and your client is distracted by the other kids in their ill-fitting jumpsuits, milling [...]
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January 21, 2010
Juveniles
The Washington Post reported this morning on extensive overcrowding at Washington, D.C.’s youth detention center on Mount Olivet Road. According to the Post, as many as 156 juveniles have been crammed into a facility designed to house no more than 88: “The surge in detainees has strained space and staff . . . and has [...]
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