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January 27, 2016 06:32 am PST
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Barack Obama ends solitary confinement for juveniles in federal custody
Obama wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post (bio: "Barack Obama is president of the United States") explaining his suite of penal reform policies, which begin with ending the barbaric practice of putting children into solitary confinement, deemed a form of torture, "an affront to our common humanity." (more…)
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