Barack Obama: Why we must rethink solitary confinement wapo.st/1nkhp6i https://t.co/q3Z7T97en5
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Juliet Eilperin: Obama Bans Solitary Confinement For Juveniles In Federal Prisons
President Obama on Monday announced a ban on solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison system, saying the practice is overused and has the potential for devastating psychological consequences. In an op-ed that appears in Tuesday editions of The Washington Post, the president outlines a series of executive actions that also prohibit federal corrections officials from punishing prisoners who commit “low-level infractions” with solitary confinement. The new rules also call for expanding treatment for mentally ill prisoners. The president’s reforms are expected to affect about 10,000 inmates. The reforms come six months after Obama, as part of a broader criminal-justice reform push, ordered the Justice Department to study how solitary confinement was being used by the federal Bureau of Prisons.
“How can we subject prisoners to unnecessary solitary confinement, knowing its effects, and then expect them to return to our communities as whole people?” the president wrote in his op-ed. “It doesn’t make us safer. It’s an affront to our common humanity.” He said he hoped his reforms at the federal level will serve as a model for states to rethink their rules on the issue. At least a dozen states have taken steps in the past two years to curtail the use of solitary confinement, either in response to lawsuits or through legislative and administrative changes. An increasing number of studies show a connection between isolating prisoners and higher rates of recidivism.
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BREAKING: President Obama is banning solitary confinement for juvenile offenders in the federal prison system washingtonpost.com/politics/obama…
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Mark Berman (@markberman) January 26, 2025****
Breaking: President Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons wapo.st/1KAUXuQ
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Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 26, 2025
Thanks Nerdy. Love this man t pieces,
Congratulations on first, Roberta! Couldn’t agree more about our President Obama! Thanks to Nerdy Wonka and Chips for keeping us up to the minute on all Obama accomplishments.
Congrats Roberta!
Our President is doing what he does best…….CARE!
Thanks LDS
Two important steps forward: ban cruel and unnecessary punishment for juveniles and save their emotional and mental health; and vindicate a women’s health organization that has been viciously targeted by criminals. This how the arc of the moral universe bends toward justice. Thanks for highlighting both of these developments, Nerdy.
Beautifully said, jackieG.
Yes! ‘It’s an affront to our common humanity,’ says PBO, and anyone who doesn’t like his actions can just step into a discussion about who we are and what we stand for. Love this president so much!
Well said, Jackie.
Great idea!
My comment had to do with PBO’s EO banning solitary confinement. Thought I was going to be first upon responding to the post. Wishful thinking!
NW - This is wonderful news. I can barely speak, thinking of it. Thanks for letting us know - would have missed it, otherwise.
And now to watch the town hall.
You’re welcome, Ms. J’OB.
I’m speechless. This man humbles us every single day.
I have nothing but love and respect for him.
High 5 that meta.
I’m just in awe of his humanity. Truly.
<3
Whenever I complain about MSM here in the States……I’m always reminded I could be living in India! cc AMK
first of all it’s reuters, (hq:ny. hint, hint). second, they have zero footprint here.
Here most of the news media is against rw’ers. They are all noisy, really, really noisy, but they don’t go around spreading rw bs.
So defensive…smh
In all seriousness I only know Indian media through the prism of NDTV & iTV…those are the only English channels we get…..all the rest are in Hindi, which I don’t understand (can only speak basic gujju)
when you take a sideswipe, it should have some factual basis.
sensitive much :???: damn desi can’t take a mild joke…did you miss your breakfast?
GE LP, amk.
I think it’s great — you guys have a sense of humor, so you should be glad that (a few) people in India know about @ElBloombito’s return:
This was one of the only other positives of the Mayor Bloomberg’s tenure :D :D
Peyton got his ring…..Not only is Cam my favorite player and fellow AU grad, but I want him to win just to see all the haters go apesh*t :D :D
LP, I have always been a Bronco fan, we use to live in Boulder, but I also have become a Panther fan, so if the Panthers win I would be okay. I just don’t want it to be a blowout. The Broncos have had their share of those.
The Seattle/Bronco SB started off so ugly and they never recovered. I’m actually really worried about D.Ware/Von Miller coming off the edge & Chris Harris/Talib are studs in the secondary. I think the difference in the game will be if Carolina can run the ball, but I think it will be a close game regardless.
HEADS UP: First Lady Michelle Obama will on Conan’s show tonight at 11PM ET/10PM CT on TBS.
Thanks for the heads up Nerdy! I cut the cable cord but I can watch YouTube on my TV via my Tivo Roamio OTA and I watch Conan clips regularly. I’m sure he’ll upload all the FLOTUS segments to the YouTube channel. I’ll be on the lookout.
ICYMI some of my fav blizzard tweets :cool:
#BEASTMODE :D :D :D :D
Thanks President Obama…he keeps moving FOWARD no matter what
Thanks Nerdy for gathering these tweets together…
:)
Time to watch Serena hopefully beat Maria’s butt at the Australian Open
how is the lamey ducky thingy workin’ for ya, thugs?
stay still, sunny.
okey, dokey.
LOVE!!
Great shot, really captures the wrought iron detail in the bench which matches Sunny’s fur.
Definitely looks like she belongs there. :)
go serena. 6-4 furst set.
Is anyone watching the townhall? I tried to watch but just can’t handle listening to Bernie. OMalley is on now and can’t listen to him either.
Personally, I enjoyed listening to Bernie tonight (more conversational, in this forum), more than I am listening to Hillary (seems to have had too much energy drink over dinner). I fast forwarded through O’Malley (he just doesn’t seem ready for prime time).
Go figure, eh? For me, it switches back and forth!
I don’t like some of Bernie supporter, some of them rub me the wrong way.
Some are like the PUMAs after ’08.
I just have a hard time with his voice and how he says things. This is just me right now. I didn’t listen to anymore tonight.
I get it. I kind of alternate between Bernie and Hillary and back again. Other than voting for the Democratic nominee, whoever it is, I’m not really into much of this banter - just trying to maintain some interest.
This is me. In the beginning i was hoping that OMalley would be the one but i agree with you he is not ready. I do not want Sanders nor Hillary, but Sanders i want the least
s breaks m. 2-0, 2nd set.
Right.. I can’t watch the damn thing either. Any assessments so far on the town hall?
3-0 now.
beebs blog.
If history tells us anything - and it tells us Sharapova has only managed to win three sets in 20 matches against Williams - then the Russian is not going to stem the tide. Another love hold for Williams.
Just 3 sets?
4-0. This 2nd set should be over in double quick time.
What a doll!
I love this picture of little Michelle.
The white gloves - I still have a pair in my cupboard think the last time I wore them 1968 - wedding 1
I had them too. Wore them to church up through junior high.
5-0.
LOL.
6-4, 6-1.
And the loser still gets paid more than Serena after 18 loses!
Truly effed up
Serena 6-4 ……..6-1.
Perhaps EJ is not a Hillary fan, eh?
Not just a tree, but a forest full of shade.
Sure looked like it.
He just wrote a pro Bernie column, complaining about Hillary’s “lack of spark.”
Haven’t seen EJ in a while on the teevee, so this was a surprise to me.
Hillary’s last 5 minutes during the town hall, when she spoke of Abraham Lincoln and “our better angels,” were her best! Good ending.
Thank you. I am just not good at watching since it’s no Obama.
Exactly! Oh how I wish!
I’m glad she was last. Most likely to leave a more lasting impression on undecided. I appreciated what President Obama had to say about Hillary and about vetting Bernie today. In this instance she is clearly the one who is going to continue the Obama legacy, and at the same time she needs to align herself to his presidency to convince loyal voters of the Obama coalition.
Good night TOD ….
““Without an honest confrontation, there is no healing.” That’s from Birth Of A Nation director-producer-star Nate Parker today onstage at the Sundance Film Festival. In what I have to say was one of the most emotional experiences I’ve had at a movie theater, Parker world premiered what he called his seven-year “passion project.” His telling of the early 19th century slave revolt led by Nat Turner had audience members crying in their seats and jumping to their feet in a prolonged standing ovation at the film’s conclusion.”
Perhaps Nate Parker will ignite, finally, a massive and sustained Truth And Reconciliation movement in America … though it remains the work of us white folk to CHANGE and MAKE REPARATIONS to POC (and to the First Peoples).
now, good night …..
Couldn’t resist ;)
Great preview of the Western Conference finals on NBA TV right now! End of 1Q Warriors 29 Spurs 23
Is this Ari “Palin” Melber, blaming Obama for everything. We are so dam tired of it all.
Ari does a good job at a lot of things, but I didn’t like the implication in this one. Don’t know his connection to Palin?
has any president set a precedent for this?
I really don’t know, and I’m too bored with the whole thing, truth be told, to find out! He said originally he wasn’t going to officially endorse during the primary.
and he won’t. clitonistahs need to stfu.
Tell me about it.
Well, in a way, yes & no. WJC supported Gore in 2000. Reagan was for GHB. In both cases, their respective VPs were running. FDR died in office. JFK was killed. LBJ, withdrew after coming second in NH in 1968. Nixon resigned. So, it’s quite a yes and no in modern times.
They have no shame - whoever wins or loses the US media will ALWAYS blame Obama. No doubt this will still be happening in 2035.
They never seem to blame a BUSH - why they aren’t screaming from the rooftops about Jeb!’s brother is because they are GOP water carriers.
no.
This MF trying to pull some shady stuff (Brother GOP Gov. of Nebraska) big Scott Walker donor, and was going to fund that nasty birther campaign against President Obama, until Rahm Emanuel threatened to pull the funding for Wrigley Feild renovation (family owns Cubs)
Sen. McCaskill is on it:
example B:
Yep. Call them out!
Honestly who gives a “D” what Noonan thinks, really!!!!!!!!!!!
Noonan is following the latest Republican playbook of rooting for Sanders. They have been told to do so.
So she wishes. They want Bernie for the fall. They will beat him like a drum.
Watching Conan, enjoying it. Enjoy seeing FLOTUS also.
Thanks to FLOTUS for doing this for the troops over there..
I just saw this on Facebook and wouldn’t be surprised if the did. “The Republican Congress just changed the name of the San Andreas Fault to Barack Obama’s Fault”
Al Giordano followed me. Am I part of the cool crowd now? #Kidding
Never saw this even though it was on TV countless times as I was growing up (before VCR/DVRs… too cool for my own good in my younger years :( ), but wasn’t this the musical that “76 Trombones” is from?).
I don’t recall but I generally hate musicals! Ha.
No way! MO’M is no Harold Hill. That could be Donald Trump.
Mamma, there goes that man!!!!! ….mind you Kawai Leonard was the defensive player of the year in 2015 & former NBA Finals MVP
OH, MY!!
all these msm ratfuckers should be charged with aiding to perpetrating fraud.
King Roger is holding court!
fedex into semis with straight sets win.
Too easy - hope Murray loses tonight - aoart from anything else he is being the anti Federer speaking about Tomic
Too tired to read this tonight, but I’ll offer it up for the lovely photos! Goodnight, TODville and all the ships at sea!
And Cruz decides to lie about gun control in Australia
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-01-26/ted-cruz-rape-gun-claim-australia-lie-washington-post-says/7115598
I would like to suggest what Cruz can do with his guns - but not on TOD
It is a joy to live in a country where one can go to school, college, the movies, a political event - and anywhere else with the knowledge that you DO NOT have to be concerned about an idiot with a gun. Cruz can keep his dipshit ideas well out of Australia
Did not know about a Dem Town Hall today so missed it. I hope someone can find it and put it on the blog tomorrow.
you watching the cricket amk? Your guys look to be bowling our lot out!
I read the article and is it me or did that Daily Beast writer sound like a freaking right wing hater. Any time you can entertain the troops, who are stuck over there away from family and loved ones, show them alittle love, say thanks for what they are doing, what is wrong with that. I watched Conan last night and glad I did.
Moooooorning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2016/01/26/early-bird-chat-648/