Dallas County Commissioner Andy Sommerman says he was denied juvenile department documents that would show how long detained children spend alone in their rooms.
The newest member of the county’s juvenile board wants to know how long children spend in what's commonly referred to as solitary confinement.
Sommerman, a commissioner from the northern part of the county who was recently appointed to an oversight board for the juvenile system, told his colleagues he had asked for observation sheets, which document the location of the children.