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| Report: NY solitary confinement conditions ‘inhumane’ (UPDATED) |
| By polhudson.lohudblogs.com - Jessica Bakeman |
| Published: 10/02/2012 |
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A report by a civil rights group criticizes the conditions of solitary confinement in state prisons, claiming that cutting inmates off from socialization and rehabilitation causes psychological ailments and exacerbates the problems and behaviors that led to the inmates’ punishment. The report from the New York Civil Liberties Union released today details the psychological impact of solitary confinement not only on inmates but also on their family members, visitors and the corrections officers who oversee them. “New York’s arbitrary, inhumane and unsafe use of extreme isolation has led to an urgent human rights crisis,” according to the report. “Corrections officials can separate and remove violent or vulnerable prisoners from the general prison population without subjecting them to the punishing physical or psychological deprivation of extreme isolation.” Read More. |
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