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| Solitary Confinement Up For Discussion |
| By delcotimes.com |
| Published: 08/03/2010 |
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YEADON — A public hearing on the effectiveness of solitary confinement in state prisons drew cheers from the audience for two former inmates and jeers for state corrections officials at Borough Hall Monday afternoon. Led by state Reps. Ronald Waters, D-191, of Philadelphia, Thomas Caltagirone, D-127, of Berks County, and Vanessa Lowery Brown, D-190, of Philadelphia County, Monday’s hearing was one of many being conducted by the House Judiciary Committee over the past 10 months, Waters said. “This is for us right now to see what kind of policy changes need to be made in order to make solitary confinement more humane and make it so that people come out of there better and not worse than when they went in there,” said Waters. “We’re seeing too many people re-offending and re-victimizing.” Read More. |
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