“Attorney General Eric Holder called for an end to ‘excessive’ use of solitary confinement in juvenile facilities on Wednesday, saying that the practice ‘can be dangerous, and a serious impediment to the ability of juveniles to succeed once released.’  DOJ has previously taken action against juvenile correctional facilities in Ohio and California, and Holder said the Justice Department has received reports ‘of young people who have been held in solitary confinement for up to 23 hours a day, often with no human interaction at all.’ In some cases, Holder said, ‘children were held in small rooms with windows that were barely the width of their own hands.'”

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/14/holder-solitary-confinement_n_5324768.html

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