Knowing our son Kirk ended his own life while being held in solitary confinement, after he requested to not be left alone...I cannot describe that to you. Kirk was only 17. It was two days after Christmas.
Since Kirk’s death I’ve learned that kids as young as 13 are locked up in cells away from human contact for days or months at a time all across the country. It has a devastating impact on their development, especially for those with mental health problems.
-scientific studies that have established that lasting mental damage is caused after a few days of social isolation.
“Solitary confinement is a harsh measure which is contrary to rehabilitation, the aim of the penitentiary system,”
STOP SOLITARY. Its torture, its stupid and we overlook it everyday.