… (he) was brought into the courtroom wearing heavy leg irons, his hands cuffed together in front of him and a metal belly chain around his waist. This was not because he posed an exceptional danger.

All children who are transported from Connecticut’s juvenile detention centers to court are shackled for the ride. Those shackles generally stay on in the courtroom – a place where they are, of course, supposed to be presumed innocent.

Data recently released by Connecticut’s judicial branch shows that 75 percent of kids appear in court with mechanical restraints . . .

Shackling Op Ed