President Obama has announced a huge reduction on the amount of days someone can be kept in solitary confinement
Citing devastating psychological damage
as a reason, Obama stated that the practice
was being "overused" in the federal prison
system.
There are currently 100,000 prisoners
located in solitary confinement. Obama
has aimed to tackle these huge figures by
reducing how long someone can be placed
in 'the hole' for a first offence from 365 days
to just 60.
President Obama's legacy is facing
challenges following a number of
controversial deaths of African-Americans in
police custody.
With nearly one million African Americans
currently incarcerated in the U.S prison
system, it seems that the President wants
to positively reform the U.S prison system,
something that is well needed.
BARACK OBAMA STARTS THE WAR
ON SOLITARY CONFINEMENT
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The 2-time Oscar winner met
up with Angela Merkel to show
his support for Germany's
open-door policy towards those
running away from the conflict
in Syria.
Jeb tweeted out a picture of
a gun engraved with his name
and the caption 'America'.
Outraging many users by
glamourising guns in a country
plagued by gun violence.
After releasing her new album
[Anti], RiRi tweeted out a link
for her supporters to download
the standard MP3 version for
free, citing it as a 'A gift to my
Navy'.
The American rapper has
pledged $1 million worth of
bottled water to help out the
people of Flint, Michigan during
the city's ongoing water crisis.
That mouthy bird from TOWIE
reportedly charged a fan £12
for a photo with her. Where
does that amount even come
from!?
George Clooney JEB BUSH
RIHANNA
THE GAME GEMMA COLLINS
ON POINT OFF KEY ON POINT
OFF KEY ON POINT
" How can we subject prisoners
to unnecessary solitary
confinement, knowing its
effects, and then expect them
to return to our communities as
whole people? "
NEWS
365
• Amount of days you
used to be able to
be kept in solitary
confinement
• Reversed Bush Torture
Policies
• Set in motion new laws
to curb gun violence
• Implemented the No
Child Left Behind Act
OBAMA
