Criminal justice system's 'dark secret': Teenagers in solitary confinement

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Criminal justice system's 'dark secret': Teenagers in solitary confinement

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By Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News, and Deirdre Cohen and Sarah Koch, Rock Center James Stewart, a 17-year-old from Denver who committed suicide while in solitary confinement, had never been to jail before August of 2008. That was when, under the influence of alcohol and marijuana, St …