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| Lawmakers examine solitary confinement |
| By pressandguide.com - AP |
| Published: 03/22/2012 |
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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Three Virginia lawmakers are seeking a federal investigation of the use of solitary confinement in the state's prisons. State Sen. Adam Ebbin, D-Arlington, and Delegates Patrick A. Hope, D-Arlington, and Charniele Herring, D-Alexander, asked the Justice Department to investigate the practice in a letter sent this week to Attorney General Eric Holder. The lawmakers are particularly concerned about inmates who have mental illnesses. "I believe Virginia has been engaged in a form of psychological torture of certain prisoners in segregation," Hope told The Washington Post (http://wapo.st/GGYOuG). "Much of it is unnecessary and all of it is because we don't know there is a more effective and humane way to house prisoners." Read More. |
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