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| Solitary-confinement bill advances |
| By Rochester Democrat and Chronicle |
| Published: 07/17/2007 |
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ALBANY, NY - Gov. Eliot Spitzer and lawmakers announced Monday that they have agreed on a compromise bill to ban solitary confinement for seriously mentally ill prison inmates because legislation passed this session faced a certain veto by the executive. The Senate passed the bill unanimously during a special session Monday, and the Assembly is scheduled to vote on the measure when it returns to Albany later this year. The legislation would require the state Department of Correctional Services to set up residential treatment units for inmates with serious mental illnesses. Prisoners would be offered at least four hours a day, five days a week, of therapeutic programming and/or treatment out of their cell. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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