Cautiously Optimistic : Local Advocates React To DOC's Intent To End Solitary Confinement

“Cautiously Optimistic”: Local Advocates React To DOC’s Intent To End Solitary Confinement
At least two reports, as well as years of advocacy, have culminated in the DOC committing to phase out 'restrictive housing' — also known as solitary confinement.
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Elizabeth Matos on ATC | June 30, 2021
Local advocates for inmates are reacting to news that the state’s Department of Correction is planning to phase out the use of solitary confinement
In an interview with GBH’s
All Things Considered host Arun Rath, Elizabeth Matos, head of Prisoners’ Legal Services of Massachusetts, discussed the DOC’s decision to end the practice in a multiyear process.

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