Name not reported

One of three young people who died by suicide while held at Adobe Mountain School, a juvenile facility in Phoenix, Arizona, in the year between April 2002 and March 2003. The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, found that the facility's suicide prevention measures and staff training were inadequate. The Justice Department's findings are the official account of how these deaths were handled.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The U.S. Department of Justice found that suicide prevention measures and staff training at Adobe Mountain School were inadequate.

Reported by: U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division (outside investigators).

News report

• Justice Department Finds Unconstitutional Conditions at Three Arizona Juvenile Justice Facilities U.S. Department of Justice, January 27, 2004