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Fellner, Jamie. "Beyond Reason: Executing Persons with Mental Retardation", Section of Individual Rights & Responsibilities, American Bar Association, Summer 2001, accessed July 4, 2009. Godoy, Maria. Q&A Solitary Confinement and Human Rights", National Public Radio, July 27, 2006, accessed July 4, 2009.
In an article for Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, Jeffrey Metzner and Jamie Fellner write that solitary confinement may constitute a violation of medical ethics. As the authors note, healthcare professionals are "ethically obligated to refrain from countenancing, condoning, participating in, or facilitating torture or ...
The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science. 61 (2): 283– 295. doi:10.2307/1142223. JSTOR 1142223. Metzner, J.; Fellner, J. (2010). "Solitary confinement and mental illness in US prisons: A challenge for medical ethics". Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law. 38 (1): 104– 108. PMID 20305083.
A 2021 report from the Vera Institute of Justice says solitary confinement "can lead to serious and lasting psychological damage." Disabled inmates sue NY state prison system over placement in ...
It's unclear whether the End Solitary Confinement Act can get support from Republicans or President Joe Biden, who made a campaign pledge to overhaul the federal prison system, in part "by ending ...
A bill that would broadly ban the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons, jails and detention centers will be introduced by a coalition of House Democrats on Thursday, the End Solitary ...
Connecticut's solitary confinement reform law is the PROTECT Act, which includes a 15-day limit on solitary confinement, as well as a ban on solitary for vulnerable populations and a requirement that individuals held in the general population must get at least five hours of out-of-cell time per day.
Solitary confinement conditions in a Pennsylvania state prison are unconstitutional, worsening and creating mental illness in those held there, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday on ...