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| Settlement Ends Indefinite Solitary Confinement in California |
| By publicnewsservice.org |
| Published: 09/03/2015 |
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Up to 2,000 people in solitary confinement will be re-evaluated for release into California's maximum-security general prison population over the next year - the result of a landmark legal settlement announced Tuesday. A group serving time in the Pelican Bay Secure Housing Unit, some of whom had been in solitary more than 20 years, brought the class-action lawsuit three years ago. They also led several massive hunger strikes to draw attention to their case. Attorney Carol Strickman with the nonprofit group Legal Services for Prisoners With Children, worked on the case and hailed it as a major victory. She called solitary confinement a form of torture. "It is cruel and inhumane," she said. "It deprives people of human contact. It involves sensory deprivation and has a devastating impact on people's mental health and physical health." Read More. |
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