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It's jumped by the police before, but this time it's different.

In a special four-part series, the Generation Y podcast unravels the story of Khalif 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, Khalif was released, never once, having stood trial.

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

in federal prisons, but we still have a long way to go.

We say innocent until proven guilty, but where do we draw the line between due process and cruelty?

I'm about to play a clip from this four-part series on Generation Y.

While you're listening, follow Generation Y wherever you get your podcasts.

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.

They want prisoners to suffer more while they're behind bars, as if they're not suffering already.

And I've spent time in the military, I've been isolated from my family and friends.

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