North Carolina jail ends solitary confinement for teenagers
CHARLOTTE — A North Carolina county sheriff has ended the jail’s practice of holding 16- and 17-year-olds in solitary confinement. The Charlotte Observer reports Mecklenburg County Garry McFadden says the move is intended to bolster relations between young inmates and detention officers. He said the disciplinary detention unit stripped teens of their dignity.McFadden campaigned on ending the policy, and moved out the five inmates held in isolation Dec. 31. […]
