Rights group sues youth hall
Suit claims abuse and neglect, asks for reforms
By Hudson Sangree -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:01 am PDT Tuesday, August 29, 2006

A lawsuit filed Monday by a prisoners rights group claims that Sacramento County juvenile hall is filthy and overcrowded and that its staff members routinely douse teens with pepper spray and grind their faces into the floor.

The San Quentin-based Prison Law Office filed the suit in Sacramento Superior Court. It is asking a judge to put a stop to the practices and order reforms, including improvements in food and education...

The Prison Law Office has had success in recent years suing the state's youth and adult prison systems to bring about changes through the court system...

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Wow! If I were Mrs. Waters, I would file a criminal complaint. She is still the custodial parent of that boy and refusing to inform her, upon request, of his condition is reprehensible and an argument could easily be made that it is tantamount to kidnapping. And the failure to notify her of her son's suicide attempt shocks the concience..."It didn't seem important" that a boy tried to take his own life, because he failed in the attempt????!!!