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Solitary confinement is inhumane. With so many calls for justice system changes, this one should be added to the list. It needs to end in Oklahoma. prisons
Solitary confinement is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single cell with little or no contact with other people. It is a punitive tool used within the prison system to discipline or separate incarcerated individuals who are considered to be security risks to other incarcerated individuals or prison staff, as well as those who violate facility rules or are ...
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.
Democratic-aligned senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would largely ban the use of solitary confinement in federal institutions and give states and local jurisdictions incentives to do ...
As the use of solitary confinement in immigration detention centers increases under the Biden administration, some Democratic lawmakers want a phasing out of the practice.
"We will finally have a real enforceable ban on solitary confinement, something people have been talking about for a very long time," New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who helped ...
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 ...
In New York City, a push to ban solitary confinement in jails has gained resistance from correction officials despite the City Council having a veto-proof supermajority. Meanwhile, the city agreed ...