Well, he just banned solitary confinement for juveniles, and shortened the maximum solitary confinement for a first offense: https://www.washingtonpost.com/pol

Well, he just banned solitary confinement for juveniles, and shortened the maximum solitary confinement for a first offense: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-bans-solitary-confinement-for-juveniles-in-federal-prisons/2016/01/25/056e14b2-c3a2-11e5-9693-933a4d31bcc8_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-bans-solitary-... So, at least in this case, it looks like he lived up to the hype.