President Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in federal prisons, prohibits it for adults confined for low-level infractions, and reduces confinement from 365 to 60 days for a first offense.....People of color make up 60 percent of prison inmates, and are disproportionately Black males....By www.clevelandurbannews.com Editor-in-Chief Kathy Wray Coleman
President Obama speaks with inmates at the El Reno Federal Penitentiary in Oklahoma on July 16, 2015, the first sitting president to visit a federal prison. On Monday, the president issued executive actions to curb solitary confinement for juveniles and adults, among other initiatives. By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and the Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com . Coleman is a 23-year political, legal and investigative journalist who trained for 17 years, and under six different editors, at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio. ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). CLICK HERE TO GO TO KATHY WRAY COLEMAN AT GOOGLE PLUS WHERE SHE HAS SOME 2.5 MILLION INTERNET VIEWS alone. Black Journalist Kathy Wray Coleman i...