Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisonsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama in an opinion piece published in the Washington Post on Monday announced that he is banning solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons, citing concerns about its harmful psychological effects. The move comes amid a national movement demanding criminal justice reform, which was sparked by numerous high-profile police killings in recent years. In the opinion piece, Obama also said solitary confinement could no longer be used as a punishment for low-level infractions. He said the package of changes would include an expansion of treatment for mentally ill prisoners and an increase in the amount of time inmates in solitary can spend outside of their cells.  He said the changes would affect some 10,000 federal prisoners and stemmed from a review of the practice he directed the U.S. Justice Department to conduct last summer. Obama cited the story of Kalief Browder, a black 16-year-old who was arrested in 2010 and spent almost two years in solitary confinement in New York City’s Rikers Island jail before his release in 2013 and eventual suicide two years later. Solitary confinement, Obama wrote, is “increasingly overused on people such as Kalief, with heartbreaking results — which is why my administration is taking steps to address this problem.” Obama said research suggests solitary confinement has been linked to depression, alienation, withdrawal, a reduced ability to interact with others and the potential for violent behavior.  He said states that have worked to cut back their use of the technique have seen drops in assaults on staff and more prisoners engage in rehabilitation programs. Obama said he hoped the changes he has ordered in the treatment of federal prisoners would serve as a model for reforms by state and local corrections systems.  “There are as many as 100,000 people held in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons - including juveniles and people with mental illnesses,” Obama said. “As many as 25,000 inmates are serving months, even years of their sentences alone in a tiny cell, with almost no human contact.” Just last month, New York state agreed to end its “overreliance” on solitary confinement as a means to discipline inmates in its prisons, as part of a settlement to a lawsuit brought against the state by the New York Civil Liberties Union. California last September also agreed to sharply cut its use of solitary confinement as part of a sweeping settlement to a lawsuit brought by prisoners.politicsNews
obama bans solitary confinement juveniles federal prisonswashington reuters president barack obama opinion piece published washington post monday announced banning solitary confinement juveniles federal prisons citing concerns harmful psychological effects the move comes amid national movement demanding criminal justice reform sparked numerous police killings recent years in opinion piece obama also said solitary confinement could longer used punishment infractions he said package changes would include expansion treatment mentally ill prisoners increase amount time inmates solitary spend outside cells he said changes would affect federal prisoners stemmed review practice directed justice department conduct last summer obama cited story relief browser black arrested spent almost two years solitary confinement new york city rivers island jail release eventual suicide two years later solitary confinement obama wrote increasingly overuse people relief heartbreaking results administration taking steps address obama said research suggests solitary confinement linked depression alienation withdrawal reduced ability interact others potential violent behavior he said states worked cut back use technique seen drops assaults staff prisoners engage rehabilitation programs obama said hoped changes ordered treatment federal prisoners would serve model reforms state local corrections systems there many people held solitary confinement prisons including juveniles people mental illnesses obama said as many inmates serving months even years sentences alone tiny cell almost human just last month new york state agreed end overreliance solitary confinement means discipline inmates prisons part settlement lawsuit brought state new york civil liberties union california last september also agreed sharply cut use solitary confinement part sweeping settlement lawsuit brought
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisonsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama in an opinion piece published in the Washington Post on Monday announced that he is banning solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons, citing concerns about its harmful psychological effects. The move comes amid a national movement demanding criminal justice reform, which was sparked by numerous high-profile police killings in recent years. In the opinion piece, Obama also said solitary confinement could no longer be used as a punishment for low-level infractions. He said the package of changes would include an expansion of treatment for mentally ill prisoners and an increase in the amount of time inmates in solitary can spend outside of their cells.  He said the changes would affect some 10,000 federal prisoners and stemmed from a review of the practice he directed the U.S. Justice Department to conduct last summer. Obama cited the story of Kalief Browder, a black 16-year-old who was arrested in 2010 and spent almost two years in solitary confinement in New York City’s Rikers Island jail before his release in 2013 and eventual suicide two years later. Solitary confinement, Obama wrote, is “increasingly overused on people such as Kalief, with heartbreaking results — which is why my administration is taking steps to address this problem.” Obama said research suggests solitary confinement has been linked to depression, alienation, withdrawal, a reduced ability to interact with others and the potential for violent behavior.  He said states that have worked to cut back their use of the technique have seen drops in assaults on staff and more prisoners engage in rehabilitation programs. Obama said he hoped the changes he has ordered in the treatment of federal prisoners would serve as a model for reforms by state and local corrections systems.  “There are as many as 100,000 people held in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons - including juveniles and people with mental illnesses,” Obama said. “As many as 25,000 inmates are serving months, even years of their sentences alone in a tiny cell, with almost no human contact.” Just last month, New York state agreed to end its “overreliance” on solitary confinement as a means to discipline inmates in its prisons, as part of a settlement to a lawsuit brought against the state by the New York Civil Liberties Union. California last September also agreed to sharply cut its use of solitary confinement as part of a sweeping settlement to a lawsuit brought by prisoners.politicsNews
Your task is to classify the provided input as real or fake news. Label 0 is meant for fake news, Label 1 is for real news. TEXT: obama bans solitary confinement juveniles federal prisonswashington reuters president barack obama opinion piece published washington post monday announced banning solitary confinement juveniles federal prisons citing concerns harmful psychological effects the move comes amid national movement demanding criminal justice reform sparked numerous police killings recent years in opinion piece obama also said solitary confinement could longer used punishment infractions he said package changes would include expansion treatment mentally ill prisoners increase amount time inmates solitary spend outside cells he said changes would affect federal prisoners stemmed review practice directed justice department conduct last summer obama cited story relief browser black arrested spent almost two years solitary confinement new york city rivers island jail release eventual suicide two years later solitary confinement obama wrote increasingly overuse people relief heartbreaking results administration taking steps address obama said research suggests solitary confinement linked depression alienation withdrawal reduced ability interact others potential violent behavior he said states worked cut back use technique seen drops assaults staff prisoners engage rehabilitation programs obama said hoped changes ordered treatment federal prisoners would serve model reforms state local corrections systems there many people held solitary confinement prisons including juveniles people mental illnesses obama said as many inmates serving months even years sentences alone tiny cell almost human just last month new york state agreed end overreliance solitary confinement means discipline inmates prisons part settlement lawsuit brought state new york civil liberties union california last september also agreed sharply cut use solitary confinement part sweeping settlement lawsuit brought