[South Carolina] Department of Juvenile Justice’s Broad River Road Complex: Settlement Agreement 

On April 14, 2022, the DOJ entered into a settlement agreement with the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice to remedy conditions that violated young people’s constitutional rights at the Broad River Road Complex facility. The settlement agreement includes provisions that the Department “shall, at all times, provide youth at BRRC with safe living conditions,” “provide adequate, structured rehabilitative programming,” “revise its policies and procedures governing use of force and restraints,” and “revise its isolation policies and procedures.” 

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Categories: Practice Guide, Resource Library
Tags: 14th Amendment, Civil Rights, Conditions of Confinement, CRIPA, DOJ Action on Facilities, Facility Staff, Harms of Incarceration, Health and Mental Health, Solitary Confinement, Substantive Due Process, Training