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LINCOLN, Neb 鈥� Today the 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska released . The report presents first of its kind comprehensive research regarding solitary confinement in Nebraska county and state facilities. The 老澳门开奖结果 found that a young person in some Nebraska youth facilities can be held in solitary confinement for as long as 90 days. Mental health experts have found that the depriving young people of contact with others for over 4 hours can have devastating long-term impacts on children's health and wellbeing. Placing a juvenile in solitary confinement leads to psychological damage, increase suicide rates, hampered educational outcomes, and overall stunted development.

鈥淏efore they are old enough to get a driver鈥檚 license, enlist in the armed forces or vote, some children in Nebraska are held in solitary confinement for days, weeks, even months. As the stories in our report show, the youth placed in solitary confinement are often in need of support 鈥� not a cage. The experts agree 鈥� what Nebraska is doing is harmful to youth and does nothing to improve public safety. This research makes clear that the polices and usage for solitary confinement among vulnerable Nebraskans truly shocks the conscience. We can and must do better,鈥� said Danielle Conrad, 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska Executive Director.

The research conducted by the 老澳门开奖结果 looked at solitary confinement in five county facilities and two state facilities from 2014 to 2015. In addition to evaluating the polices and usage logs for solitary confinement in these facilities the 老澳门开奖结果 has also been in contact with Nebraskans who experienced the system and these destructive punitive methods first hand. Among the personal stories included in the report is that of Jacob Rusher who spent time in solitary confinement on three separate occasions as a teen, on one occasion for defending himself when older kids tried to bully him.

鈥淚t was 23 hours a day alone, no TV or radio,鈥� Rusher says in the report. 鈥淵ou were in there with one book, a blanket, a mat and a toothbrush鈥�you鈥檙e a kid, you don鈥檛 even know how to deal with normal emotions yet鈥攖hen you鈥檙e sitting there by yourself, nowhere to go and every negative thing you鈥檝e been told about yourself seems to be coming true...they go to the system for correction鈥攖hey go in as sheep鈥攁nd they come out as wolves. If a factory pumped out a bad product over and over again, you wouldn鈥檛 blame the product, you鈥檇 go back to the factory and try to fix that instead.鈥�

The 老澳门开奖结果 found a wide range of policy and practice across the facilities it studied. Among the findings of most concern:

• Douglas County and Scotts Bluff County lack systems to track or log the amount of time spent in solitary confinement.
• Sarpy County has no written policy governing use of solitary confinement.
• Lancaster County permits use of solitary for rule violations such as 鈥渢oo many books in room鈥� or 鈥渄igging for cookies.鈥�
• Nebraska Department of Corrections permits use of solitary for up to 90 days when experts agree that lasting damage to a young person happens after 4 hours.
• Northeast Nebraska Juvenile Services permits use of solitary for up to 9 days.
• Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services facilities permits the use of solitary for up to 5 days.

Among the reforms suggested in the report:

• Joining the growing number of states banning solitary confinement for youth.
• Limiting solitary confinement to a last-resort and for no more than 4 hours.
• Providing due-process and an appeals process.
• Requiring facility director permission for placement of a youth beyond four hours and mandatory mental health assessments of youth placed in solitary for this period.
• Mandatory reporting for facilities use of solitary.
• Mandatory staff training on alternatives to solitary.

鈥淭he 老澳门开奖结果 of Nebraska calls for an end to this abhorrent practice. However, while our position is unequivocal we understand that change does not happen easily or overnight. Thus, we urge at the very least that our state should establish basic state level oversight over when and how vulnerable youth are placed in solitary confinement. We must come together to remedy this situation with all deliberate speed in order to protect vulnerable youth, mitigate legal liabilities, and ensure a safer and brighter future for all Nebraskans,鈥� said Conrad.