Minnesota’s prison system will partner with the Vera Institute for Justice in 2017 to look into alternative forms of punishment in hopes of moving away from a system that relies on solitary confinement as a punishment for difficult inmates. The Vera Institute for Justice is a national criminal justice reform group that wants to help […]
Obama Bans Solitary Confinement for Juveniles
President Barack Obama announced earlier this week that the United States will ban solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison system, saying the practice is overused, under-effective and can cause harmful psychological consequences. In an op-ed posted yesterday, President Obama announced a series of executive actions that prevents federal corrections officers from punishing prisoners for […]
