Isolation

Both President Obama and the U.S. Supreme Court chose Monday, January 25, a day in which the federal government didn’t even open for business, to make juvenile justice headlines. The high court continued its tradition of answering one question about life without parole sentences while creating another question.

By Erica Webster Letters thrown in a urinal. Standing in the cold at 5 AM. Locked in solitary confinement for days. These are some of the disciplinary methods James Anderson remembers correctional officers using at Camp Scobee, a secure juvenile facility in Los Angeles County.