Advocates call D.C. Jail juvenile lock-down 'inhumane'

Teenagers at the D.C. Jail have been in lock-down for more than two weeks, a condition juvenile justice advocates decry as “inhumane.”

About 24juveniles have been placed in solitary confinement since some of the teenagers attacked a fellow inmate on May 1, said Devon Brown, director of the D.C. Department of Corrections. The lock-down was ordered to restore some order and keep the situation from getting out of hand, Brown said. The punishment will continue until an internal investigation is completed, he said.