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Life in the Box: Youth in Solitary Confinement
February 13, 2014 @ 2:30 pm - February 14, 2014 @ 12:00 am
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2014
9:30 A.M. – 7 P.M.
Moot Court Room, Benjamin N. Cardozo Law School
55 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10003
PANEL ONE 10:15 – 11:45 A.M.
Growing Up in Solitary: The Effects of
Extreme Isolation on Youth in New York’s Prisons
PANEL TWO 2:15 – 3:45 P.M.
Juveniles in Solitary Confinement:
Rehabilitation or Torture?
The second panel will explore the uses of solitary confinement and the potential human rights violations associated with this practice. Panelists will discuss the international law and human rights violations, as well as consider testimony that has been presented before the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Inter-AmericanCommission on Human Rights and the U.S. Senate on the topic of solitary confinement in the U.S.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER 4 – 5:15 P.M.
Five Omar Mualimmak, New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement Mr. Mualimmak spent 2,054 days in solitary confinement in Rikers Island. Listen to Mr. Mualimmak give a firsthand account of his time in solitary and discuss the physical, psychological and emotional impacts solitary had on him.