05/22/2013
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"More must be done. That is why today I am calling for all Federal and State facilities to end the use of solitary confinement for juveniles, pregnant women, and individuals with serious and persistent..."
"Mr. Thibodeaux, how much contact did you have with the outside world in your 15-year experience?"
"It is torture, pure and simple, no matter what else we want to call it. I would like to think that we can all agree that our Constitution prohibits it."
"Too often solitary confinement is used not to control people who are truly dangerous to themselves or others but as a tool of control within an institution."