Jenny Lutz CJCA Meeting New Orleans, January 2019 Who We Work With - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Jenny Lutz CJCA Meeting New Orleans, January 2019

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Who We Work With

• Facilities and state agencies
• Court systems
• Legislators and legislative committees
• Professional organizations
• Advocates and attorneys
• Youth and family members

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Five Strategies to Reduce Isolation

• 1. Adopt mission statement and philosophy that reflects

rehabilitative goals;

• 2. Develop policies and procedures for use and

monitoring of isolation;

• 3. Identify data to manage, monitor, and be accountable

for the use of isolation;

• 4. Develop alternative behavior management options and

responses; and

• 5. Train and develop staff in agency mission, values,

standards, goals, policies, and procedures.

http://cjca.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/CJCA-Toolkit-Reducing-the-Use-of-Isolation-1.pdf

Tells the stories of state and county facilities and how they put CJCA strategies into practice. ① Understanding the concerns and needs of staff ② Isolation is connected many other areas of facility operations and culture ③ Concrete examples help from credible messengers

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¡ Profiles 4 facilities ¡ Interviewed administrators and staff ¡ Concrete examples ¡ Sample policies, individual plans, staff training materials, and data

reports.

Available Spring 2019 www.stopsolitaryforkids.org/not-in-isolation/

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“Accountability isn’t put a kid in a room, and accountability isn’t punishment. Accountability is learning to own their behavior by trying to make it right and learning skills to try not to do it

• again. That’s accountability.”

– Facility Supervisor

Ohio Dept. of Youth Services saw acts

• f violence go down 22% in one year

while isolation was reduced 89%. Isolation Flowchart Skill Development Coordinators Stop Think Explore Plan CARE Teams Incidents of isolation went from 370 to 140 when OYA limited isolation to minimum time for crisis behavior.

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State Laws: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon, D.C., Seattle

• DEC. 2018 Federal Laws
• Not as punishment or discipline
• Serious and immediate risk of

physical harm

• Max 3 hours

States Must:

• Report annually on isolation
• Describe policies, procedures, +

alternative behavior techniques used to reduce isolation

• Train to improve conditions like isolation
• No youth in adult jails except narrow

circumstances