I'm Justin from the Generation Y Podcast, and in this special four-part series, we'll

be unraveling the story of Cleef Browder, a young boy who was falsely accused of stealing

a backpack and held without bail at Rikers Island for three years.

During that time, he endured regular abuse by prison staff and inmates and was held in

solitary confinement for more than 700 consecutive days.

Three years later, Cleef will be released never once having stood trial.

He struggled to return to his normal life until tragically he took his own.

Cleef's case ended up being a catalyst for change in the use of solitary confinement

against minors and federal prisons, but we still have a long way to go.

We say innocent and top-proven guilty, but where do we draw the line between due process

and cruelty?

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Most people, if they were to be jailed or incarcerated for 30 days, they would lose their house,

they would lose their job, they would lose everything, just 30 days behind bars.

There are so many other punishments.

There are so many other impacts that incarceration have that no one weighs out because we just

think time behind bars, we just think, did the punishment fit the crime?

And then on top of that, people want jailhouse justice.

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