A 15-year-old boy was arrested in Tennessee on suspicion of murder. His family could not afford the $500,000 bail, so he had to wait for his trial in prison. In solitary confinement. For about two years....
"Prison officials have free rein to send someone to solitary. They don’t even need a good reason....
"The psychological and emotional effects of solitary confinement can be severe and long-lasting. They include depression, anxiety, visual and auditory hallucinations, insomnia, paranoia, rage, fear, post-traumatic stress disorder, and suicide....
"We would all be better off if, while the federal government had them, if it took advantage of the opportunity to make them better people instead of making them crazy. Please sign our petition to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to end the practice of putting juveniles in solitary confinement in federal prisons...."
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