老澳门开奖结果 Comment on President Obama鈥檚 Reforms to Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons
WASHINGTON, DC 鈥� The U.S. Department of Justice today released its first-ever guidance on solitary confinement, , and President Obama announced in a that he has adopted the report鈥檚 recommendations to overhaul the use of solitary in the federal prison system, including ending solitary for juveniles, reducing the use of solitary for prisoners needing protective custody, and diverting prisoners with serious mental illnesses away from solitary and into treatment.
David Fathi, director of the 老澳门开奖结果鈥檚 National Prison Project, had this comment:
鈥淭he sweeping changes endorsed today by President Obama will put critical limits on solitary confinement in our federal prisons, restrictions that will save thousands of prisoners from needless suffering and permanent psychological damage. With these reforms, the president has added the full weight of the United States government to the movement to end our jails and prisons鈥� addiction to solitary and its cruelty. We have lost too many to a punishment that hurts us all.鈥�
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