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| ACLU Calls for Ban on Solitary Confinement in Juvenile Facilities |
| By jjie.org - Gary Gately |
| Published: 11/26/2013 |
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“Solitary confinement can cause serious psychological, physical, and developmental harm, resulting in persistent mental health problems or, worse, suicide,” states a new report by the American Civil Liberties Union calling for a ban on solitary confinement of children being held in juvenile facilities. In the report, titled “Alone and Afraid: Children Held in Solitary Confinement and Isolation in Juvenile Detention and Correctional Facilities,” the ACLU strongly condemned solitary confinement, in which children are held in a small cell 22 to 24 hours a day with little social contact. Read More. |
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