"This policy update explores the reasons why states should end the indiscriminate shackling of youth and highlights the strategies states and localities have successfully used to end this damaging practice" (p. 1).
Sections cover:
- what the problem is with shackling of children-
- it can cause physical and psychological harm,
- it disproportionately affects children of color,
- it is inconsistent with the rehabilitative goals of the juvenile justice system,
- it harms a juvenile's Constitutional rights,
- and its routine use on all youth appearing in court is unnecessary for public safety;
- and shifting policy to unshackle youth-the use of statute, court rule-making authority, or litigation.