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Soooooooooo very happy that this young woman is hopefully in the right placement for her now. Thank you Bonnie for all the great work you Martha n rest of CCA staff do for our children(: Congrats Lucy Sent from my iPhone On Jun 24, 2014, at 2:31 PM, Bonnie Berk <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > http://www.ctlawtribune.com/home/id=1202660645471?kw=Jailed%20Transgender%20Teen%20Moved%20To%20Psych%20Center&et=editorial&bu=Connecticut%20Law%20Tribune&cn=20140624&src=EMC-Email&pt=Breaking%20News&slreturn=20140524142934 > > > Jailed Transgender Teen Moved To Psych Center > The Connecticut Law Tribune > June 24, 2014 | 0 Comments > SHARE > PRINT > REPRINTS > A transgender girl detained without criminal charges for two months at an adult women's prison in Connecticut has been moved to a psychiatric center for children following an outcry by her supporters. > Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz says the teenage girl was moved Tuesday to the Solnit Children's Psychiatric Center, a DCF-run facility in Middletown. The girl had been detained at the York Correctional Institution in Niantic since April. > A state judge in April ordered the girl transferred from DCF custody to Department of Correction custody, because DCF officials said she was too violent for them to handle. > The girl's lawyer says she is a sexual abuse victim and has many mental health needs. Her supporters had protested what they called her solitary confinement at the prison. > > > Read more: http://www.ctlawtribune.com/id=1202660645471/Jailed-Transgender-Teen-Moved-To-Psych-Center#ixzz35aCQw9Ej > > > > > Bonnie Berk > Director, Communications > Center for Children’s Advocacy > 860-570-5327 > > <image001.jpg> >