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State Bar Association Calls on New York to “Profoundly Restrict” Its Use of Solitary Confinement
The New York State Bar Association last week passed a resolution calling for a dramatic transformation and curtailment of solitary and other forms of isolated confinement it its state prisons and city jails. The strongly worded resolution, written by NYSBA’s Civil Rights Committee, cites “the damage caused by prolonged solitary confinement and the ability to ensure prison and public […]
Jean Casella and James Ridgeway