Obama: No solitary confinement for juvenile criminals

- There must be an end to solitary confinement of juvenile offenders. The drug is often used, and it can lead to devastating psychological effects. That says US President Barack Obama in a opinitiestuk in the Washington Post.

Currently contains about 100 000 prisoners only solid. Among them are just a handful,, minors. But the consequences are large, says Obama. He points to a greater likelihood of suicide. Moreover, studies that isolating prisoners just creates higher recidivism rates.

Obama also wants a prisoner for a first offense up to sixty days in solitude can be locked. Now that's a whole year, or 365 days.