<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>A federal lawsuit alleges Florida\u2019s use of\u00a0solitary confinement in juvenile justice facilities is unconstitutional.<\/div>\n<div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-54131 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary00000004\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000004-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000004-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000004-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000004.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary00000003\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000003-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000003-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000003-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000003.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary00000007\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000007-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000007-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000007-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000007.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>Roughly one out of three children sent into Florida\u2019s juvenile justice system will spend time in solitary confinement.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Many on multiple occasions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt’s being used as a kind of punishment of first resort,\u201d said\u00a0Shalini Goel Agarwal, an attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The SPLC’s new lawsuit alleges Florida\u2019s use of solitary confinement for youth constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The suit was filed on behalf of three teenage detainees, two housed in Duval County and another in Volusia County.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One was confined for not attending classes, despite being pregnant.<\/div>\n<div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-54131 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary00000006\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000006-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000006-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000006-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000006.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary00000008\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000008-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000008-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000008-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000008.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary00000005\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000005-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000005-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000005-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000005.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>Another, confined for rough-housing, attempted suicide twice while in solitary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201c50 percent of kids in juvenile detention who commit suicide are in solitary confinement at the time,\u201d said\u00a0Agarwal.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The suit also alleges juvenile confinement violates the Americans with Disabilities Act.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cA lot of times the placement in solitary is basically because the child is manifesting their disability and as a result of that DJJ is putting them into solitary confinement rather than providing them with mental health support,\u201d said\u00a0Agarwal.<\/div>\n<div>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-54131 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary00000011\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000011-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000011-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000011-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000011.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary00000010\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000010-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000010-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000010-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary00000010.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/2019\/09\/06\/lawsuit-aims-to-end-juvenile-solitary-confinement-in-florida\/juvenile-solitary\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary-200x113.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary-200x113.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/juvenile-solitary.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div>The Florida Department of Juvenile Justice\u2019s policy is to confine juveniles for up to 72 hours if they are a harm to themselves or others.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Barney Bishop with\u00a0Florida Smart Justice Alliance thinks the lawsuit goes to far because it seeks to abolish solitary confinement for juveniles entirely.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt’s ludicrous on its face because you’re going to have to have solitary confinement for some children in some cases for some limited period of time,\u201d said Bishop.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>DJJ declined to comment on this story, saying it does not comment on pending litigation.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The SPLC also recently filed a lawsuit challenging the use of solitary confinement in adult prisons.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal lawsuit alleges Florida\u2019s use of\u00a0solitary confinement in juvenile justice facilities is unconstitutional. Roughly one out of three children sent into Florida\u2019s juvenile justice system will spend time in solitary confinement. Many on multiple occasions. \u201cIt’s being used as a kind of punishment of first resort,\u201d said\u00a0Shalini Goel Agarwal, an attorney with the Southern […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54131"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54131"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54145,"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54131\/revisions\/54145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flanews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}