Reblogged from A Solitary Torture:
Excerpt from NY State Bar Association Civil Rights Committee
REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES"In addition to those suffering from mental illness, juveniles and the elderly are also subjected to the same form of isolation as adult prisoners.
As far as juveniles are concerned, current scientific research suggests that juveniles lack the culpability of adults because they lack fully developed frontal lobes required for impulse control and because their brain structure is fundamentally and significantly different from that of adults.
