How does this state justify abusing girls/boys in juvenile prisons? Why do they do it?
Question by edith clarke: How does this state justify abusing girls/boys in juvenile prisons? Why do they do it?
The Southern Poverty Law Center sued the state of Mississippi in federal court to stop the “horrendous” physical and sexual abuse of teenage girls at the Columbia Training School, the state’s prison for girls.
The suit, filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, also seeks to force the state to provide federally required mental health and rehabilitative treatment to girls confined at Columbia. The suit was filed on behalf of six girls ranging in age from 13 to 17. All suffer from mental illness and all were committed to Columbia for non-violent offenses. Most are victims of past physical or sexual abuse.
“Our state must stop sponsoring child abuse,” said Sheila Bedi, director of the SPLC’s Mississippi Youth Justice Project, based in Jackson, Miss. “Girls at Columbia Training School not only are being routinely abused, humiliated and injured, they are being denied the most basic services that the law requires.” Costs: $ 5 million per year to house 60 girls.
SPLC Sues Mississippi to Stop Abuse of Girls at Juvenile Prison:
http://www.splcenter.org/legal/news/article.jsp?aid=275&site_area=1
Shackling of Teenage Girls Prompts SPLC Action:
http://www.splcenter.org/legal/news/article.jsp?aid=270&site_area=1
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If you’d bothered to read the articles provided, the state has a long history of abusing both girls and boys in their juvenile facilities:
“We filed this lawsuit reluctantly after several failed attempts to negotiate with the state. We would much rather see the state’s resources go toward caring for our children than defending the indefensible.”
The Columbia Training School has a long history of abusing and failing to care for children in its care. A U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation in 2003 revealed shocking conditions at Columbia and Oakley Training School, which houses boys. The abuses included pole-shackling, hog-tying with chains and physical assault by guards. Children with disabilities were routinely denied the mental health, educational and rehabilitative services to which they were entitled.
The state settled a DOJ lawsuit with a consent decree in 2005, but a court-appointed monitor has issued six quarterly reports that document a long list of failures.
Child abuse: Abuse, usually physical, emotional or sexual, directed at a child.
Physical abuse: Where one person inflicts physical violence or pain on another.
Emotional abuse or psychological abuse: coercion, humiliation, intimidation, relational aggression, parental alienation or covert incest: Where one person uses emotional or psychological coercion to compel another to do something they do not want, or is not in their best interests; or when one person manipulates another’s emotional or psychological state for their own ends, or commits psychological aggression using ostensibly non-violent methods to inflict mental or emotional violence or pain on another.
Sexual abuse: The improper use of another person for sexual purposes, generally without their consent or under physical or psychological pressure.
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Answer by free_mark53
It’s not just this state. This is a nationwide problem. Thank you for putting this out here.
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