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38 Wash. U. J. L. & Pol'y 241 (2012)
The Harmful Use of Isolation in Juvenile Facilities: The Need for Post-Disposition Representation

handle is hein.journals/wajlp38 and id is 243 raw text is: The Harmful Use of Isolation in Juvenile Facilities: The Need for Post-Disposition Representation Sandra Simkins* Marty Beyer** Lisa M. Geis*** September 2009, the first client referral: three guards escorted sixteen-year-old Troy to the interview. Despite years of experience, I was shocked. In leg-irons and with his hands cuffed behind his back, he wore no real clothes and no prison-issued jumpsuit. His body was covered with a sleeveless thigh-length robe, held together by a few * Sandra Simkins, Clinical Professor, is the Director of Clinical Programs and Co- Director of the Children's Justice Clinic at Rutgers-Camden School of Law. Professor Simkins is the author of sixteen professional articles related to juvenile justice issues; and has a book under contract, When Kids Get Arrested, What Every Adult Should Know, which was released in 2009. In 2008, she was selected by the MacArthur Foundation to participate in the Models for Change Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network. Prior to joining the Rutgers faculty in 2006, she spent fifteen years working at the Defender Association of Philadelphia where she was the Assistant Chief of the Juvenile Unit. Sandra is also the co-director of the Northeast Region Juvenile Defender Center, a subsidiary of the National Juvenile Defender Center, where she provides consultation and training to child advocates in Delaware, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. ** Marty Beyer is a juvenile justice and child welfare consultant with a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from Yale University. In addition to assisting states in designing delinquency services, her work with juveniles focuses on how a young person's cognitive, moral and identity development, trauma and disabilities affected the offense and must be considered in designing rehabilitation. She has also assisted with the implementation of strengths/needs-based child welfare practice in several states. Some of her publications can be found on her website MartyBeyer.com. *** Lisa M. Geis is a graduate fellow at Rutgers-Camden School of Law working with the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation's Models for Change Juvenile Indigent Defense Action Network. Although she represents juveniles at all levels of the adjudication process, she primarily provides post-disposition representation for youth detained. Lisa participated in the MacArthur Foundation Models for Change initiative in conjunction with New Jersey Office of the Public Defender, working to improve access to legal representation for juveniles at initial detention hearings. Through her work with the Rutgers Children's Justice Clinic, Lisa continues her research on conditions of confinement and the use of isolation in juvenile detention facilities. 241

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