[Indiana] Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility: Investigation

On January 29, 2010, the Department of Justice issued a findings letter regarding an investigation of the Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility (ICJF) pursuant to the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1997 (CIPRA), and the pattern or practice provision of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, U.S.C. §14141 (Section 14141). The DOJ investigation into ICJF found that the facility failed to provide its residents: “(1)protection from harm; (2) mental health care; and (3) special education services.” Specifically, the DOJ found that young people housed at ICJF were not provided with reasonably safe conditions of confinement and were subject to the following: sexual abuse, inadequate investigation of sexual abuse allegations, excessive use of force, isolation, unjustified strip searches, inappropriate use of pepper spray and restraint chairs, inadequate programming, inadequate mental health screening and treatment, inadequate provision of educational services, and a lack of due process.

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