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« on: September 08, 2011, 04:13:47 PM »


A disturbing California state audit determined that juveniles in the state's youth prison system are routinely subjected to nearly 24-hour confinement. An article describes this as follows:

"Inmates in California’s youth prison system were subjected to nearly round-the-clock confinement on hundreds of occasions and had to attend school in closets, showers and storerooms because of staff shortages and rampant violence among prisoners, according to a recent state audit."

Read the article here.

A petition on Change.org addresses this inhumane treatment and demands that it stop. Please sign this petition and share it on your facebook or other social media sites.

Sign the petition here.
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