Scope and Contents From the File: The ACLU filed an amicus brief on behalf of petitioner Barbaro Escobedo Arias as well as several other wards of the Youth Authority (YA) at the Karl Holton School, Northern California Youth Center. The case concerns the question of whether the installation of surveillance equipment (specifically bugging) in the chapel complex of the Youth Authority facility violates the religious freedom and privacy rights of the youths who reside there. The case also questions whether the microphones...