J.A. et al. v. Barbour, et al.
July 11, 2007 The lawsuit, J.A. et al. v. Barbour, et al., was filed by the Mississippi Youth Justice Project on behalf of youth at Mississippi's Columbia Training School (CTS). It alleges that CTS routinely failed to provide basic services and supervision required by law, and that the youth were subject to punitive confinement. As evidence, the lawsuit cites the following examples: While on suicide watch, three of the plaintiffs were able to deliberately cut themselves. None received psychological help during the isolation period, and staff failed to perform periodic checks. One girl was isolated for 14 hours . . .
