Leflore County Juvenile Detention Center

[doj-cripa 2011-01-01 — LeFlore County Juvenile Detention Center (Mississippi)] The youth confmed to LCJDC are subjected to conditions that violate their constitutional abuses perpetuated by a lack of accountability and controls. LCJDC fails to prevent unconstitutional harms, or minimize the risk of such harms, through undue use ofrestraints, arbitrary imposition ofpunishment, inadequate grievance procedures, failure to report and investigate abuse, inadequate classification systems, inadequate rehabilitative treatment, inadequate medical and mental health care, inadequate suicide risk protections, inadequate environmental safety, inadequate staffmg, and inadequate educational services. We found that: • Suicidal youth are not assessed by mental health professionals despite known risks; • Internal investigations dismiss abuse complaints against staff as manipulative; and training and that existing policies and procedures are inadequate to ensure constitutionally adequate care and custody ofthe youth confined to the facility. Staff members fail to report allegations of abuse to the State and appear to routinely violate youths' rights with impunity.