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Videos from CT Juvenile Detention Facilities Show Excessive Force

HeadlineSep 16, 2015

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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