In the years before he went to prison, Brian Y. was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, impulse control disorder and other disabilities that would have qualified him for special education classes and services in public school. Brian, who was sent to prison before he was 18, took high school classes with other teenage inmates at the Garden State Youth Correctional Facility in Burlington County. But none of them were special education classes, he said in a lawsuit. At times, they were barely classes, according to court papers. He was given worksheets to fill in that were nev…
