https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8 Whats really going on behind those walls? en-us 2018-03-14 15:02:03 UTC 2018-03-14 20:56:38 UTC hello@padlet.com givonte_harris https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241928788 The circumstances of such confinement typically involve placement alone in a small cell for between 22 and 24 hours a day; restricted contact with staff and peers; suspension or restriction of family visits; and the absence or minimization of reading material, radio, or television. It is a form of extended sensory and social isolation. United States, despite the accumulating evidence that it may cause substantial psychological  damage to the teenagers who must endure it.However, the last several years have seen a growing chorus of concern around the devastating psychological impact of solitary confinement. ]]> 2018-03-14 15:10:29 UTC https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241928788 givonte_harris https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241936000  Recent U.S. Supreme Court cases known as Roper v. Simmons , in 2005 this case that declared the death penalty for juveniles to be a violation of the Eighth Alabama have focused attention on the relative immaturity of the adolescent brain. These cases, along with the developmental neuroscience that under girded them, have helped prove the assertion that teenagers are especially vulnerable to the extraordinary psychological stresses associated with placement in solitary confinement.]]> 2018-03-14 15:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241936000 givonte_harris https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241939966 Among many other voices, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry issued a policy statement in 2012 opposing the use of solitary confinement for juveniles in correctional facilities because of their developmental vulnerability. Twenty-nine states and the federal government have in recent years either prohibited the practice completely or placed significant restrictions on its use. Besides that on May 10, 2016, Colorado passed legislation that limits the use of solitary confinement in state-run juvenile facilities. House Bill 1328 limits the use of solitary in the case of an emergency, which is defined as a “serious, probable, imminent threat of bodily harm to self or others where there is the present ability to effect such bodily harm.” The approval of a qualified mental health professional and the approval of the Director of the Division of Youth Corrections must be secured for a youth to remain in seclusion beyond four hours. A court order is required to keep a youth in solitary confinement for eight hours. The bill requires the Colorado Division of Youth Corrections to document the use of solitary confinement and to create a youth seclusion working group including experts from the community.]]> 2018-03-14 15:27:56 UTC https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241939966 givonte_harris https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241952757 On January 5, 2018, Nebraska Senator Pansing-Brooks introduced legislation that would limit the use of isolation in all juvenile facilities. LB 870 would prohibit isolation as punishment. Under the bill, isolation, if used, must end as soon as the youth no longer poses a substantial and immediate risk of harm. The bill includes a three hour time limit on isolation and requires that youth in room confinement to have equal access to educational programming and family contact. New Jersey was Isolated Confinement in Correctional Facilities – was introduced by Senator and received bipartisan support in 2016. The bill banned isolation unless there is reasonable cause to believe that the inmate or others would be at risk of serious harm, and any less restrictive intervention would be insufficient to reduce that risk, requires the evaluation of inmates places in such confinement by a clinician and a determination as to whether the inmate is a member of a vulnerable population.]]> 2018-03-14 15:46:53 UTC https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241952757 givonte_harris https://padlet.com/givonte_harris/qq68fkj55wp8/wish/241955141 http://www.stopsolitaryforkids.org/new-jersey/

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