US Attorney General Loretta Lynch Pledges Limits On 'Punitive' Solitary Confinement In Nation's Prisons
NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Tuesday that she plans to curb the excessive use of solitary confinement for inmates serving time behind bars in American prisons and jails. Her speech, delivered to a conference ballroom full of prison wardens and jailers, followed President Barack Obama's announcement in an op-ed Monday that he will ban solitary confinement for juveniles.