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American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

This week, the The American Academy of ChildĀ and Adolescent Psychiatry released a policy statement condemning the use of solitary confinement for juveniles. There is no comprehensive data on how many teens and even younger children are in solitary confinement in the United States, but it is safe to say that the number run into the […]

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Children in Solitary

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by Jean Casella and James Ridgeway

May 3, 2012

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