ACLU: Emergency Filing Details Routine Solitary Confinement for Youth at Angola Prison
July 19, 2023
July 19, 2023
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana, July 19 (TNStalk) -- The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization that works to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and laws of the U.S., issued the following news release on July 18, 2023:
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New court filings reveal for the first time that children -- almost all Black boys -- are being placed in routine solitary confinement for 72 hours when they are detained in the former death row b . . .
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New court filings reveal for the first time that children -- almost all Black boys -- are being placed in routine solitary confinement for 72 hours when they are detained in the former death row b . . .