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| Colorado lawmakers call for more transparency after Gazette report on youth corrections |
| By gazette.com- Megan Schrader |
| Published: 10/06/2015 |
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Colorado lawmakers are calling for greater transparency at the Division of Youth Corrections after a Gazette investigative report published Sunday uncovered continued problems in the state's 10 juvenile corrections facilities, including the use of solitary confinement. Rep. Pete Lee, D-Colorado Springs, said that he has requested statistics on the continued use of administrative seclusion, what the department calls isolation, and access to use-of-force reports that detail when guards have physical contact with youth who are acting out. The Department of Human Services said it is working to fulfill Lee's request. Read More. |
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