Barack Obama ends solitary confinement for juveniles in federal custody
by Cory Doctorow from on (#120W0)
Obama wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post (bio: "Barack Obama is president of the United States") explaining his suite of penal reform policies, which begin with ending the barbaric practice of putting children into solitary confinement, deemed a form of torture, "an affront to our common humanity." (more")