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NY Ends Solitary Confinement for 21-Year-Old Inmates

New York will no longer subject inmates who are 21 and younger to solitary confinement, a punishment that research has shown to be particularly damaging to teenagers and young adults because of their still-developing brains. So reports The New York Times.

The change comes as New York’s Rikers Island, the nation’s second-largest jail system, faces increased scrutiny over its alleged brutal treatment and neglect of inmates. As of the first week of January, 103 of the 497 inmates between ages 19 and 21 at Rikers were being held in solitary confinement.

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