KQED KQED Newsroom February 24, 2014
Good evening and welcome to kqed newsroom. In a rare move the federal government is weighing in a o a lawsuit challenging how youths with disabilities are treated in contra costa city hall. The suit charged that teens are denied special education and Rehabilitation Services and kept in isolation for up to 23 hours a day. Lawyers heard from family members about the conditions. He has actually been kept in solitary con fifinement for as g as, i believe, up to three weeks to a month. No schooling. None whatsoever. The whole three weeks that hes in solitary confinement. The allegations have led to...