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The Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services was established around 1970. The Long Lane School became a part of the new department in 1970. [2]In 1989, a group of plaintiffs instituted an action against the Connecticut Department of Children and Youth Services [3] which resulted in a requirement for federal court supervision of DCF, which has continued for more than 20 years to date.
The Connecticut Juvenile Training School (CJTS) was a juvenile prison in Middletown, Connecticut, that operated under the Connecticut Department of Children and Families from 2001 to 2018. Established in proximity to the Connecticut Valley Hospital (CVH) , [ 2 ] CJTS held male inmates age 12–17 [ 3 ] with capacity for 240 inmates. [ 4 ]
During the hearing, Marisa Halm, an attorney and the director of the Youth Justice Project at Center for Children’s Advocacy, told lawmakers that placing juvenile offenders in a criminal court ...
Girls were moved to the Connecticut Children's Place in East Windsor. The closure occurred after the Attorney General of Connecticut, Richard Blumenthal, and a state child advocate, Jeanne Milstein, investigated a suicide attempt at Long Lane and then asked DCF to review its practices regarding the safety of delinquent girls. [11]
As the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated a youth mental health crisis in Connecticut and elsewhere, Connecticut Children’s Hospital filed the paperwork to open a new medical psychiatric unit that ...
Lubbie Harper Jr. (born 1942) is an American lawyer and judge who was the third African American to become a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court, serving from 2011 through 2012.
The Campaign for Youth Justice (CFYJ) is a national campaign in the United States dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing, and incarcerating children under age 18 in the adult justice system. [1] Founded in 2005, CFYJ has become a national clearinghouse on the issue of trying youth in adult court.
Justice Sullivan was nominated to be Chief Justice by Gov. Rowland in 2000 and was appointed to the Connecticut Supreme Court in 2001. [2] Justice Sullivan took senior status on April 15, 2006 and continued to serve as a Senior Justice until 2009, when he attained the age of 70.