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Taylor Walker, witnessla.com •

Despite an ongoing national movement toward banning solitary confinement for youth, which has been revealed to be counterproductive and harmful, isolation is still a common

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Eli Hager, Vice.com •

But for youth advocates, ending juvenile solitary will take more work. Twenty-three percent of juvenile facilities nationally used some form of isolation, according to a 

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Ko A. Bragg, JJIE •

Solitary confinement in juvenile facilities remains too widespread, is unnecessary and counterproductive, is unfairly applied and is harmful, a new report says.

In addition, experts

 Lawyers from Juvenile Law Center briefed members of congress on Wednesday on a new study it conducted on solitary confinement for young offenders. They found the

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Susan V. Mangold, Executive Director, Generocity.com •

We see the devastating impact of hate and inhumane treatment every day in our work as public interest lawyers. The enduring legacy of racism has

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Eli Hager, The Marshall Project •

But for youth advocates, ending juvenile solitary will take more work. Twenty-three percent of juvenile facilities nationally use some form of isolation, according to a 

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Maggie Shepard, Albuquerque Journal •

A 36-year-old man who’s been in New Mexico prison since he was 16 for a series of rapes he committed when he was 14 and

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Amy S. Rosenberg, Philly.com •

In the end, after a gut-wrenching three hours of ricocheting emotions, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey Minehart took a short break, returned to the

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8 O'Clock Buzz, WORT 89.9 Madison, WI •

In June, U.S. District Court Judge James Peterson condemned the State of Wisconsin Department of Corrections for maltreatment of teenage inmates at the Lincoln Hills

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Bob McGovern, Boston Herald •

Massachusetts law currently allows a child under the age of 16 to be charged with statutory rape for having sex with someone who is the