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Obama Ban on ‘Solitary’ for Juveniles In U.S. Prisons Questioned by COBA

By MARK TOOR
Posted 2/1/16

In banning solitary confinement for juveniles in Federal prisons last week, President Obama cited the case of a young Bronx man who killed himself after roughl­y two years of solitary at Rikers Island.

So it wasn’t surprising that Mayor de Blasio and Norman Seabrook, president of the Correction Officers Benevolent Association, weighed in on Mr. Obama’s order, although it does not affect New York City.

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