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3:39 pm
Wed October 10, 2012

Report critical of Michigan policies placing teen offenders in solitary confinement

Credit ACLU
An isolation cell is shown on the cover of a 141 page report on the effects of solitary confinement on teenage offenders

Michigan jail and prison policies that place teenage offenders in solitary confinement are getting criticized in a new report.

“Growing Up Locked Down: Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the United States,” is based on research in U.S. jails and prisons in Michigan and four other states: Colorado, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania

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