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| New York judge signs deal reforming solitary confinement |
| By saratogian.com- Larry Neumeister |
| Published: 02/20/2014 |
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NEW YORK — Children and pregnant inmates will no longer be subjected to solitary confinement for disciplinary reasons after a judge on Wednesday approved a deal expected to lead to further changes over the next two years in the use of extreme isolation as a punishment in state prisons. Civil liberties attorneys and state officials praised the changes after U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin signed the agreement, which came after a class action lawsuit challenging the state’s use of solitary confinement was filed in 2011 by the New York Civil Liberties Union. The head of a union for correctional officers criticized the agreement. Besides the ban on solitary confinement for some inmates, the agreement calls for maximum limits on isolation sentence lengths to be set for the first time as part of the establishment of sentencing guidelines statewide. Read More. |
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