New York Rethinks Solitary Confinment Critique

In The article New York Rethinks Solitary confinement I believe the author does a great job in their editorial. It seems to me the author is trying to appeal to all Americans and inform them about what goes on inside our prison system. In this aspect the author does a very well job due to the fact that they give several statics from credible recourses. These statics help someone that is not informed about the prison system some insight so that they can understand from a mathematical stand point the problems they are facing as well as why new York is facing some of these problems. This author claims that the New Guidelines New York are applying are "more humane " than they were before. This is due to the fact that juveniles under 18 will be let out of solitary confinement for at least 5 hours of exercise a week, as well as women whom are pregnant being prohibited from solitary confinement and lastly those who are mentally ill can not be left in solitary confinement for more than 30 days.
       The author agreed and had a firm belief in these acts being put into place based on facts. On of which was "A study published Feb. 12 in The American Journal of Public Health found that New York City jail inmates placed in solitary confinement were nearly seven times as likely to harm themselves as those in the general population." as well as several other statics stating the number of inmates that were in solitary confinement and including those whom have been in solitary confinement for more than a year. I believe this essay is very logical and has many very good claims due to the fact it is not solely based on how she feels but agreeing to a reform that has already been passed due to facts the author knows are for certain.
      I would have to agree with the author due to the fact that if someone was mentally  unstable and being put in a room with no windows for over 23 hours its most likely they would go more crazy and/or hurt themselves. I also agree that it would be inhumane to put a pregnant woman in a room for over 23 hours with no exercise our outside recourses to help through the pregnancy. All in all I agree with everything completely and have come to the conclusion that this is a very well written and informative argument.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/21/opinion/new-york-rethinks-solitary-confinement.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=Opinion&action=keypress&region=FixedLeft&pgtype=article

"Senate Fails to Pass Three-Month Extension of Jobless Aid"

On February 6,2014 The New York Times posted an article regarding the senate failing to pass a three month extension to jobless aid. Obama wanted to extend the assistance given to people with long-term unemployment, but it failed to pass due to one republican vote. Due to this Obama is trying to urge the congress that this is needed in order for the lives of those who are unemployed due to the economy to continue as they should. I disagree with president Obama. I believe that we as a country were founded on hard work ethic and equality. Each of us is given the opportunity to do great things form the day we are born and if we chose not to it's our own fault. I believe that as a society we already give the unemployed enough financial assistance and for a long enough time for them to get a job whether you have to be a janitor or you work in a corporate office. If you're desperate enough you'll work those less than perfect jobs. Those who chose not to take advantage of the assistance we give them and avidly look for a job don't deserve an extension of anything. On an other note our economy is bad enough as it is adding six billion dollar cost to it won't do anything but bring us down that much more. Lastly who's to say that after we agree to the extension that those people who collect unemployment will want another 3 month extension. Overall I completely disagree with the idea of extending our unemployment assistance due to the cost, and moral of it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/07/us/politics/senate-fails-to-advance-unemployment-extension.html?_r=0