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Children's rights lawyer Martha Stone and other advocates have said that for the $545,000 annual cost of confining one boy at the training school, the state could fashion an individual treatment plan for each of those youths and be more successful. Parole officers over the last year have pointed to an increasing recidivism rate at CJTS and said many boys who have passed through there are graduating to the adult prison system.
Much of the state watched in horror in July 2015 when Child Advocate Sarah Eagan's offi ce, following an 18-month probe that revealed an overuse of restraints and seclusion, released several of the facility's own surveillance videos. The images showed some staff members violently restraining youths who were being disobedient, but who were not fighting.
Bonnie Berk
Communications Director
860-570-5327
Hartford – Bridgeport – New Haven
