Name not reported

A youth held at Adobe Mountain School in Phoenix, Arizona, died by suicide between April 2002 and March 2003. The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, said that three young people died by suicide at the facility in that period. The Justice Department found that the facility's suicide prevention measures and staff training were inadequate. The youth's name and age are not given in the source.

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, ruled the death a suicide and found the facility's suicide prevention measures and staff training 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