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Criminal justice system’s ‘dark secret’: Kids in solitary confinement
Video and story from Rock Center on the criminal justice system.
As more and more minors serve time in adult prisons, a growing number are placed in solitary confinement. Officials say it’s to protect the minors from the adult prison population. Some of those who served time in solitary as teens and their advocates say it’s a harmful practice and a dark secret of the criminal justice system.
James Stewart was 17 when he committed suicide after being placed in solitary confinement. He is part of a rising tide of juveniles who commit suicide while being locked away in solitary.
Check out Human Rights Watch’s report on youth in solitary confinement in jails and prisons across the US: Growing Up Locked Down
