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Reducing Rates Of Solitary Confinement in North Carolina
By wunc.org- Phoebe Judge
Published: 04/15/2015

Last year Michael Anthony Kerr was found unresponsive after spending 35 days in a solitary confinement cell in North Carolina. He subsequently died.

Recent research has shown that the impacts of solitary confinement can have detrimental long term effects. A new pilot program in North Carolina aims to reduce rates of solitary confinement in the state.

Jessa Wilcox is with the Vera Institute, a non profit focused on justice and is working with the North Carolina Department of Public Safety on the program.

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