Solitary Confinement

Dear Government Official,

The idea of solitary confinement has come to my attention especially the solitary confinement of teenagers.  I am a teenager myself, and I do not think I could even go a day without some human contact let alone weeks even months.  I believe that no teenager deserves this form of punishment, no matter what they have done. This can cause serious mental and even physical health damage for a developing kid.  It also denies them access to programs such as education and treatment for mental illnesses.

Think for a second and try and imagine how it would feel to be alone for months on end, to have no human contact, to have nothing but your own thoughts.  Then imagine putting a developing child through that. Does that seem fair? I know that it is your job to punish these teens for commiting a crime but does that mean that you should torture them? Just think twice about what solitary confinement can do to a person the next time you have the decision to confine a person or not,

Thanks,
Concerned Student