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| Big Changes to Solitary Confinement at NYS Prisons |
| By recorderpress.com- Simon Thompson |
| Published: 12/17/2015 |
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Among other changes, state officials will limit the number of offenses that can result in solitary confinement. New York State has recognized that solitary confinement is not only inhumane but detrimental to public safety and has committed to changing the culture of solitary within state prisons.... The Times also notes that the agreement gives the New York Department of Corrections three months to stop feeding inmates in solitary confinement an infamously terrible food known as "the loaf", which NYCLU executive director Donna Lieberman described as "notorious", "indigestible" and "worse than not eating at all". "It's a great first step, but we just need to end solitary for certain categories of inmates". Read More. |
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