This news is about children on prison in
Usa and how they are subjected to psychological torture. On this news, we can found information
about one report of Human Rights Watch, this report have testimonies of 125 children
in jail.
The interesting of this news is that we
can appreciate the pain of these children. One testimony is of Molly, she is
sixteen years old and she described her solitary confinement like:
"[I felt] doomed, like I was being
banished … Like you have the plague or that you are the worst thing on earth.
Like you are set apart [from] everything else. I guess [I wanted to] feel like
I was part of the human race – not like some animal."
The psychological
damage caused for been in prison in children is awful, because they have a
special vulnerability because many of these kids have a "developmental
immaturity is compounded by mental disabilities and histories of trauma, abuse,
and neglect."
On prison and jails is common that the
guards can punish with periods of isolation. The guard punish for violating
prison rules. Other kids are isolated as a form a “protective custody” because
sometimes they are in risk.
The solitary confinement is considered as
a form of abuse and Liz
Ryan, who directs the Campaign for
Youth Justice, say that this
confinement is harmful to children because is a form of torture. He says that
the children are on prison because they don´t have the resources for pay to
make bail but not because they are a public risk.
The governments
should make changes in politics public about the children on prison.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/oct/10/children-solitary-confinement-america-prisons
interesting and sad :(
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