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Juvenile solitary confinement ordinance contradicts state law, advocates say

Community members have raised concerns that an ordinance meant to limit solitary confinement inside the county’s juvenile detention center violates state law. The legislation’s wording might have allowed children to be held in solitary confinement for 72 hours and to be isolated as punishment for damaging property, they said.  The ordinance, which was expected to […]

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