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With the recent changes in New York law banning solitary confinement for juveniles, and the 

 of the state of our country's prisons, public attention has turned back to prison practices. 

MPR News' Tom Crann talked to two guests about the mental and physical effects of solitary confinement, and whether prisons are going to be forced to make changes.

During the show, a caller explained how he ended up in solitary confinement for two years: 

Former prisoner explains his 2-year solitary confinement by MPR News

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Listen to two guests discuss the mental and physical effects of solitary confinement, and whether prisons are going to be forced to make changes.

With the recent changes in New York law banning solitary confinement for juveniles, and the ever-expanding coverage of the state of our country's prisons, public attention has turned back to prison practices. We talked about what we've learned about the mental and physical effects of solitary confinement, and whether prisons are going to be forced to make changes. GUESTS: NPR's Laura Sullivan, Lisa Guenther of Vanderbilt University.

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