The whole situation with my son's mental breakdown...came from juvenile hall...My son has never been withdrawn, not able to speak, not able to think. He couldn't remember dates, times, places...My son continuously tells me, 'Mom, I'm not crazy. I know I should be in school every day.' But somehow with him being in juvenile hall, I just don't see any hope.
Cici C.
whose full name is being withheld to further protect her son's identity, said that after W.B. entered juvenile hall, located in a suburban Martinez, California neighborhood a few hundred feet from parks, a golf course, and several churches, his mental health deteriorated. While in solitary...W.B. was allowed just two thirty-minute breaks outside his cell each day—a practice that flies in the face of a 2006 court order requiring that 40 to 70 percent of a youth's waking hours in custody be spent on constructive activities such as schooling.
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