Thursday, April 3, 2014

Solitary Confindment Writers Workshop

Dear United States Government,

I am deeply concered about what you are doing to our youth in jail. Putting young kids in solitary confindment for 22-24 hours a day without regular positive human contact is harming them. No one should be put in a 8 by 8 room by themselves for days upon end but especailly not kids under the age of 18. At young ages people are creating memories, learning information and skills that they will be able to use for the rest of thier lives. When you put kids in solitary condfindment this stunts their growth. They are forever changed. The kids will never be able to get that time back, it will always be lost. After the kids have came out of the condfindment they say it was the worst time of their life. Many of them said that when they were in the room by themselves that they would start talking to themselves and think about taking their life. This is a thought that no one should ever have to think about especially when a major reason they are thinking these thoughts is something the government can stop. It is something you should stop. It is not human to force a human to live in a room that is 8 feet by 8 feet and only get to come out for one or two hours for three to for times a week. You should have feeling for all humans no matter what they did to break the law.

One Concerned Citizen,
Drew

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