Growing Up Locked Down: Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the United States

Groups Urge Federal, State Legislation to End Solitary Confinement of Young People

By Staff | December 14, 2012

Recently, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Human Rights Watch published  a new report titled “Growing Up Locked Down: Youth in Solitary Confinement in Jails and Prisons Across the United States.”

The publication involved interviews with more than 125 juveniles in 19 states, alongside detention officials in 10 states.