Posted on 02/05/2020 6:01:21 PM PST by ransomnote
The Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina today concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the conditions at the Broad River Road Complex in Columbia, South Carolina, violate the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution. Specifically, the Department concluded that there is reasonable cause to believe that the Broad River Road Complex fails to protect youth from youth-on-youth violence and places youth in punitive, prolonged isolation.
As required by the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act (CRIPA), the Department provided the facility with written notice of the supporting facts for these alleged conditions and the minimum remedial measures necessary to address them.
“Youth held in custody for rehabilitation are protected by the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, which guarantees reasonable safety from harm,” said Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division. “Our investigation found reasonable cause to conclude that youth in the facility are at substantial risk of serious physical harm from other youth and that youth are regularly subjected to harmful isolation. The Justice Department hopes to continue to work with South Carolina to resolve the Department’s concerns.”
The Civil Rights Division and the United States Attorney’s Office for District of South Carolina initiated the investigation in September 2017 under CRIPA, which authorizes the Department to take action to address a pattern or practice of deprivation of constitutional rights of individuals confined to state or local government-run correctional facilities. The investigation was also initiated under the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
This investigation was conducted by attorneys with the Special Litigation Section of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of South Carolina.
Additional information about the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department is available on its website at www.justice.gov/crt.
“...reasonable cause to conclude that youth in the facility are at substantial risk of serious physical harm from other youth and that youth are regularly subjected to harmful isolation....”
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Wow...youth are at substantial risk of serious physical harm from other youth.
BUT....youth are regularly subjected to harmful isolation.
So I guess if you keep them together they harm each other but if you keep them separated, that’s “harmful isolation”. I’m glad I’m not in charge of solving those irreconcilable problems.
The Broad River Road Complex in Columbia, South Carolina is the agency’s long-term commitment facility. The more than 200-acre complex offers programs for boys and girls of all backgrounds and needs, including programs for kids with special needs, youth sex offenders, and those struggling with substance abuse.
BRRC is also home to the Communities in Schools (CIS) program, one of the first in the nation in a juvenile correctional setting. DJJ’s fully accredited school district provides continued education for youth, preparing students for post-secondary education. Birchwood School is located inside BRRC and is where boys and girls attend middle and high school. Birchwood opened in 1975.
This campus also includes DJJ’s Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (JROTC) program, a cooperative effort between DJJ’s school district and the U.S. Army.
Female juveniles at BRRC live in the Willow Lane Transition House, which incorporates transitional living into the rehabilitative process. The facility originally opened as the Riverside School for Girls in 1966.
DOJ Civil Rights Div is packed with non-appointed, union, regular hires put in place by Obambi.
Unfortunately, I dont believe, nor give a single shiite about anything coming out if that befouled orifice.
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