Youth in solitary confinement : focus on new york and outside perspectives / Meghan Lloyd, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lloyd, Meghan, editor.

Series:

Human rights, background and issues.

Human Rights: Background and Issues

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Solitary confinement--United States.

Solitary confinement.

Juvenile detention--United States.

Juvenile detention.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (120 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Summary:

On July 10, 2014, the New York Advisory Committee held a briefing on New York's use of solitary confinement (or extreme isolation, as it is sometimes termed) of youth inmates. The expert presenters included representatives from various state and city agencies and institutions in the State of New York as well as advocates and former inmates. The Committee examined the extent of the use of solitary confinement of youth in the State of New York and the City of New York, and, in particular, the disproportionate assignment of racial minorities to solitary confinement. Based on the briefing, the book discusses the history of solitary confinement within the United States; the conditions of solitary confinement in New York jails; the mental, physical and developmental effects of solitary confinement on youth in New York jails; the primary legal protections related to solitary confinement of youth inmates; and the pending legislative, judicial and executive efforts to eliminate or limit the solitary confinement of youth.

Contents:

YOUTH IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOCUS ON NEW YORK AND OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVES ; YOUTH IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOCUS ON NEW YORK AND OUTSIDE PERSPECTIVES ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; Chapter 1 THE SOLITARY CONFINEMENT OF YOUTH IN NEW YORK: A CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATION ; LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL ; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; SECTION 1: SOLITARY CONFINEMENT IN NEW YORK ; I. Background ; A. History of Solitary Confinement in the United States ; B. Use of Solitary Confinement in the United States Today ; II. Solitary Confinement in New York; A. Overview of New York Prison System

1. New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision2. New York City Department of Correction ; 3. Due Process in the Imposition of Solitary Confinement ; 4. Grounds for Use of Solitary Confinement; B. Youth in the New York Prison System ; 1. Age of Criminal Responsibility in New York; 2. Statistical Overview of the Youth in New York Prisons ; C. Solitary Confinement of Youth in New York ; 1. Conditions of Confinement ; 2. Testimonial from 16-Year-old Inmate at Rikers ; 3. Governmental and Legal Efforts at Reform; SECTION 2: DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS OF SOLITARY CONFINEMENT

I. Introduction II. Mental and Physical Effects of Solitary Confinement on Youth ; A. Solitary Confinement and Brain Development; B. Solitary Confinement and Mental Health ; III. Developmental Effects of Solitary Confinement on Youth ; A. Solitary Confinement and Social and Emotional Development; B. Solitary Confinement and Educational Development ; C. Solitary Confinement and Transition into Society ; SECTION 3: LEGAL CONTEXT ; I. Constitutional Protections ; II. Statutory Protections ; A. The Prison Rape Elimination ACT ; B. The Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed May 02, 2016).

ISBN:

1-63483-538-7