to better serve the interests of children and youth. Interventions at Juvenile Detention Houses and Juvenile Reform Schools 136. After being amended in 2020, the Detention Act now states that the placement of a defendant under detention in a protective cell shall be immediately reported to the court that issued the detention order for approval, that detention may not exceed 24 hours, and that detention houses may not place defendants in solitary confinement for more than 15 days. However, the aforementioned provisions are yet to be applied to juvenile detention houses. 137. An investigation conducted by the Control Yuan100 found that juvenile reform schools still use solitary confinement as a form of punishment and that they are known to apply restraints during such confinement. Detained juveniles who are sexually harassed/abused/bullied and those who are subject to other forms of bullying are also not accorded suitable intervention measures, and the incidents are not reported in accordance with the law. Other issues include the illegal use of restraints and detention in isolation cells, a culture of collective bullying, failure to protect the right of juveniles at reform schools to be heard, the failure on the part of reform school staff to implement a classroom management model based around counseling, a lack of diversity in curriculum planning, and a lack of individualized educational interventions. 138. Detained juveniles with disabilities: In regard to §§58 and 202 of the Second Report, the Control Yuan found in its investigation of juvenile reform schools and juvenile detention houses multiple cases of sexual abuse as well as violations of human rights by the managerial staff. Many of the victims were detained juveniles with disabilities. These correction institutions have long failed to establish suitable counseling and intervention measures, resorting instead to the use of restraints or detention in isolation or protective cells as punishment. For example, the Taoyuan Campus of Cheng Jheng High School (now Dun Pin High School) failed to implement any counseling or treatment measures for detained juveniles with disabilities who demonstrated emotional 100 The Control Yuan investigation report approved on Jun 10, 2020 (Student Riot at the Changhua Campus of Cheng Jheng High School [originally Changhua Reform School]); The Control Yuan investigation report approved on Aug 11, 2021 (Management Restructuring Case at the Taoyuan Reform School). 66

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