Here are some key things to understand about juvenile solitary confinement in the U.S. and the efforts to reform it.
Daffodil J. Altan
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Daffodil J. Altan is a video producer for Reveal. As a reporter and producer, she has worked in print, radio and film, and her work has appeared on the PBS NewsHour, Univision, Telemundo, FRONTLINE and in the Los Angeles Times, Latina Magazine and Mother Jones, among others. Altan has received awards for her work from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Los Angeles Press Club and the Imagen Foundation. She has been a Kaiser Family Foundation Media Fellow and a John Jay/Langeloth Health Journalism Fellow, and she has been awarded a Latino Public Broadcasting grant. She received a master's degree in journalism from UC Berkeley. Altan is based in Reveal's Emeryville, California, office.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Solitary Confinement
Justice Department slams violent treatment of teens at Rikers Island
In a blow to the New York City Department of Correction, federal investigators sharply criticized jail officials for using extreme violence and excessive solitary confinement against adolescent inmates at the city’s massive East River complex.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Solitary Confinement
‘Alone: Teens in Solitary Confinement’ debuts on The I Files
Our documentary caps a year of reporting about juveniles inmates held in solitary confinement.
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Posted inCriminal Justice, Solitary Confinement
For teens at Rikers Island, solitary confinement pushes mental limits
At New York’s Rikers Island jail, hundreds of minors spend long stretches locked in solitary confinement, despite evidence that it can lead to mental illness and suicide.
Posted inUncategorized
CIR examines use of solitary confinement for minors
Thousands of incarcerated teenagers across the U.S. are held in solitary confinement every day, often without being convicted of a crime.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Solitary Confinement
CIR examines use of solitary confinement for minors
Thousands of incarcerated teenagers across the U.S. are held in solitary confinement every day, often without being convicted of a crime.
Posted inCriminal Justice, Law Enforcement
Video: Miguel Treviño’s Teenage Assassins
In July, Mexican marines captured the leader of Mexico’s most violent drug cartel, Miguel Treviño. Although Treviño is known for committing and ordering grisly killings, less is known about his recruitment of children on both sides of the border into the ranks of his Zetas cartel. Days before Trevino’s capture in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, producers […]