TRENTON, New Jersey — New Jersey’s American Civil Liberties Union and other groups met with state officials Monday to push for strict limits on the use of solitary confinement of juveniles held in state custody.
They told representatives from the Attorney General’s office and the Juvenile Justice Commission that the young offenders have complained to them about being sent to isolation and left without food or clothes for days.
Currently, juveniles can be isolated for up to five days at a time and a total of 10 days per month as punishment for bad behavior in the detention center. But some claim they were left much longer and for minor infractions.