A 17-year-old girl at the Allegheny County Jail spends her days in near-total isolation. At the jail’s school facility, she’s taught by a limited stable of instructors. During recreation time, she’s by herself.
PQ: “[Juveniles are] vulnerable to depression, anxiety, and even panic attacks that adults in solitary experience, but also, because of their youth, are more impulsive and have a less accurate sense of time.”…