The National Juvenile Justice Network recently lauded Connecticut for cutting its juvenile incarceration rate in half. We are, therefore, shocked by the plan to nearly double Connecticut's capacity to lock up girls [Jan. 18, op-ed, "Secure Treatment Facility For Girls Needed"]. Department of Children and Families Commissioner Joette Katz's op-ed calls the proposed second girls' maximum security program a "treatment facility," and it also states that a third of the girls will be there only one to 30 days.
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