"This is a week of firsts: the first time a President visited a federal prison while in office and the first time President Obama publicly addressed the horror of solitary confinement in U.S. prisons. Addressing the NAACP National Convention, he asked, “Do we really think it makes sense to lock so many people alone in tiny cells for 23 hours a day, for months, sometimes for years at a time?”
The President has instructed the Attorney General to begin a review of the use of solitary nationwide. We must work together to ensure that words and review translate into action and change."
Click here for ONLINE PETITION.
Click here for "USA: Prisoners held in extreme solitary confinement in breach of international law," Amnesty International.
Click here for link to "UN: More than 80,000 people held in solitary confinement in the USA."
UN:
More than 80,000 people held in solitary confinement in USA - See more
at:
http://english.pravda.ru/news/society/13-03-2015/130033-solitary_confinement_usa-0/#sthash.ZHkp4bCC.dpuf
UN:
More than 80,000 people held in solitary confinement in USA - See more
at:
http://english.pravda.ru/news/society/13-03-2015/130033-solitary_confinement_usa-0/#sthash.ZHkp4bCC.dpuf
