Attorney Amanda Simmons recently published an article in the Children’s Legal Rights Journal about juvenile strip searches in youth residential treatment facilities and the troubled teen article. Simmons’ article, “Sorry, Kid, You Have No Rights Here: How can we protect unadjudicated youth in private residential treatment facilities from harmful and unnecessary strip searches?” published in the Children’s Legal Rights Journal, explores the legal and ethical concerns surrounding the strip searches of unadjudicated youth in private residential treatment facilities.

Attorney Amanda Simmons of Ambika Law presented her research on juvenile strip searches in a webinar with the Children’s Legal Rights Division alongside attorneys from Children’s Law Institute and Abolitionist Law Center.  This complimentary webinar was sponsored by the American Bar Association Litigation Section Children’s Rights Litigation Committee