Name not reported

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

Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (neglect alleged). The Justice Department's Civil Rights Division 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