JJ cuffs removed

Washington, D.C. will end the routine shackling of juvenile defendants during court appearances, according to an agreement among political leaders and judges in the city’s federally run court systems. At least a dozen states have banned the routine use of shackles on juveniles, a practice considered by many in the field to be inhumane and counterproductive. The Justice Policy Institute, a MacArthur grantee, and the Foundation’s National Campaign to Reform State Juvenile Justice Systems supported efforts surrounding this reform.