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A federal judge Friday rejected a request by the state Department of Juvenile Justice to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the […]

The use of solitary confinement for children and juveniles has been prohibited in federal prisons, but Florida continues this practice,

Florida continues to consign children to the sensory deprivation and unceasing loneliness of solitary confinement. As if the Department of

In separate but parallel lawsuits, civil-rights and legal groups are challenging Florida’s use of solitary confinement in prisons and juvenile

Recently, a federal lawsuit was brought against the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) over its excessive reliance on solitary confinement,

Florida is an “outlier” in prison systems across the nation when it comes to the use of solitary confinement, according

https://www.nbcmiami.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Suit-Says-Solitary-Confinement-Police-Cruel-Excessive_Miami-509676192.html   https://www.theledger.com/news/20190508/lawsuit-seeks-to-end-solitary-confinement-in-florida-prisons/4   https://www.wptv.com/news/state/florida-solitary-confinement-policy-excessive-and-cruel-lawsuit-says   https://www.wfla.com/news/politics/federal-suit-filed-to-end-solitary-confinement-in-florida/1989993175   https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/local/state/2019/05/08/transgender-inmate-sues-fdc-over-solitary-confinement/1134061001/   http://www.fox35orlando.com/news/local-news/florida-prisons-targeted-over-solitary-confinement   https://www.law.com/dailybusinessreview/2019/05/09/florida-prisons-targeted-over-solitary-confinement/

Blasting the Florida Department of Corrections’ “long and sordid history of neglecting” inmates who have hepatitis C infections, and citing