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Sheriff to End Solitary Confinement for Teens at Palm Beach County Jail Under Settlement
Young offenders called it “the box.”
It’s where their world at the Palm Beach County jail shrank to a 6-by-12 foot cell — for months.
In solitary confinement, no music was allowed. No television. No human contact.
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Florida Sheriff Sued for Jailing Teen Suspects in Solitary – The New York Times
A civil rights group filed suit Thursday against a Florida sheriff and school district, claiming that juvenile suspects are unjustly kept in solitary confinement without cause and denied a proper education as they await trial as adults.
The…