The harm of solitary confinement in prisons – The Washington Post
From the Washington Post Editorial Board: The harm of solitary confinement in prisons – The Washington Post.
From the Washington Post Editorial Board: The harm of solitary confinement in prisons – The Washington Post.
Anybody who’s on this site will agree that this article applies to the Deaf inmate, just as it does to the youth offender. My thanks – as usual – to CrimeDime.com for doing a wonderful job in exposing this issue.
Not Deaf, perhaps – but blind, mentally disabled and 14 years old. I think it’s worth mentioning here.
Perhaps slightly off topic, but I wanted to share these stories with you. –BitcoDavid 50th Anniversary of the escape from Alcatraz. The New York Times posted two excellent pieces on this milestone in Criminal Justice History. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/us/anniversary-of-a-mystery-at-alcatraz.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha23_20120610 And the accompanying slide show. http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/06/09/us/20120610_alcatraz.html More on solitary confinement from Truthout. http://truth-out.org/news/item/9673-everything-legal-is-not-moral-why-were-taking-solitary-confinement-to-court AlterNet discusses the trend towards