This story was originally reported and published by MindSite News, a nonprofit news outlet that reports on mental health. To read more stories like this, sign up for the MindSite News Daily newsletter. Michael Johnson had all but given up on living when a letter from his 14-year-old daughter, Ja’Kyra, arrived for him at Pontiac Correctional Center in 2015. […]
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End to Solitary Confinement Act Is a Step Toward Rehabilitation, Survivors Say
For 20 years, Monica Cosby had been placed in and out of solitary confinement for up to eight months at a time in an Illinois prison. She didn’t realize how much those long stints really affected her until one day when she was in the prison’s yard and spotted a guard walking in her direction. […]