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Shelby County has no way to enforce its new solitary confinement law, experts say

Shelby County has no way to enforce an ordinance passed in August to curb the use of solitary confinement in the Youth Justice and Education Center, experts say. The legislation prohibits isolating children for more than two continuous hours, or more than six hours in one day. But a 2021 state law set identical standards […]

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