The legislative session is in full swing, with raising the age of criminal responsibility at the top of the priority list for members of the Raise The Age-NY campaign, myself included. The Campaign for Youth Justice reports that 250,000 youth are tried, sentenced or incarcerated as adults each year in the United States. …
Read More »President Obama Takes On Solitary Confinement
Today’s edition of the Washington Post contains an op-ed by President Obama outlining a series of executive actions on the use of solitary confinement in American federal prisons. Currently around 100,000 inmates are serving time in solitary confinement. The Justice Department’s research has found a high incidence of depression, withdrawal, exacerbated …
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