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A NEW JUDICIAL LOW

By JAABLOG

Tongues have been wagging all week about a troubling issue out of the juvenile division.  This story is one that could have been avoided and must be immediately remedied for the future .On Monday, a juvenile in-custody defendant was forced to urinate in court, because no one was available to take him to the restroom.  Shackled, in court, and in front of other kids (and kids, of course, make the nasty commentators on this blog look like saints when it comes to teasing).The problem centers on the fact that Judge Feren's juvenile division has been forced into the old State Attorney's mock trial courtroom (Room 562).  There are no bathrooms, as there are in nearly every other courtroom.  DJJ has to take the in-custody kids to a public bathroom and stand guard, and they cannot do so without an armed deputy...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on March 13, 2009 (boomark / email).