IAN KYSEL HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
Conditions that compound the harm of solitary confinement, such as denial of educational programming, exercise, or family visits, often constitute independent, serious human rights violations. June 21, Report. Young people interviewed for the report repeatedly described how solitary confinement compounded the stress of being in jail or prison. A significant number of these facilities use solitary confinement — for days, weeks, months, or even years — to punish, protect, house, or treat some of the young people held there. February 25, News Release. For some, the hardest part about solitary confinement was being denied visits and not being able to hug their mother or father. Join our movement today.
You get depressed and wonder if it is even worth living. February 24, Dispatches. June 21, Report. October 10, Report. January 30, News Release. They should also prohibit housing adolescents with adults or in jails and prisons designed to house adults, and strictly regulate and monitor all forms of isolation of young people. February 22, Dispatches.
The isolation of solitary confinement causes anguish, provokes serious mental and physical health problems, and works against rehabilitation for teenagers, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU found. There is nothing to do so you start talking to yourself and getting lost in your own little world. Your thoughts turn over to the more death-oriented side of life … I want[ed] to kill myself.

Please give now to support our work. January 25, News Release. I took a sheet rihgts tied it to my light and they came around … The officer when she was doing rounds found me. Your tax deductible gift can help stop human rights violations and save lives around the world.
October 10, Report. Conditions that compound the harm of solitary confinement, such as denial of educational programming, exercise, or family visits, often constitute independent, serious human rights violations. February 2, News Release.
It makes no sense. They spoke about cutting themselves with staples or razors while in solitary confinement, iaan hallucinations, and losing touch with reality.
More than 48 percent of adolescents at Rikers have rignts mental health problems. The solitary confinement of young people under age 18 is itself a serious human rights violation and can constitute cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment under international human rights law, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU said.
US: Teens in Solitary Confinement
Because young people are still developing, traumatic experiences like solitary confinement may have a profound effect on their chance to rehabilitate and grow, the groups found. Those allowed outside described only being allowed to exercise in small metal cages, alone, a few times a week. A cell at the Pinellas County jail, an adult facility where young people are held in solitary confinement.
And punishment should be proportional to the infraction, using any short-term isolation as a rare exception. Help us continue to fight human rights abuses. For some, the hardest part about solitary confinement was being denied visits and not being able to hug their mother or father. One girl interviewed for the report said she spent four months in isolation there. January 25, Dispatches.
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US: Teens in Solitary Confinement | Human Rights Watch
Several said they had attempted suicide multiple times in solitary confinement. February 19, Report. February 24, Dispatches. When I see the blood and it makes me want rigghts keep going.
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Several said they could not get books, magazines, paper, pens or pencils, or attend any classes or programming. Most Shared January 30, Dispatches. Join our movement today. Youth could be housed in specialized facilities organized to encourage positive behavior.
Solitary confinement can exacerbate short- and long-term mental health problems or make it more likely that such problems will develop. I hung up the first day. Young people in solitary confinement are routinely denied access to treatment, services, and programming required to meet their medical, psychological, developmental, social, and rehabilitative needs.
There are alternative ways to address the problems — whether disciplinary, administrative, protective, or medical — that officials typically cite to justify using solitary confinement, while taking into account the rights and special needs of adolescents, Human Rights Watch and the ACLU said. You get depressed and wonder if it is even worth living. Human Rights Watch and the ACLU estimate that inmore than 95, young people under age 18 were held in prisons and jails.
A number of corrections officials have begun to recognize and speak against the use of solitary confinement, saying that it is costly, ineffective, and harmful.

