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Dick Durbin: “Nowhere is the damaging impact of incarceration on vulnerable children more obvious than when it involves solitary…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2014
Nowhere is the damaging impact of incarceration on vulnerable children more obvious than when it involves solitary confinement.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

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Durbin emphasizes the severe effects of solitary confinement on children.

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