As the pretrial system faces increasing scrutiny nationwide, states must recognize that imposing financial bail conditions harms communities, and that pretrial release practices must be realigned with foundational American legal principles including the idea that money-based detention violates due process, says Matt Alsdorf at the Center for Effective Public Policy.
LGBTQ+ and HIV-positive prisoners are disproportionately subjected to abuse from correctional officers and other inmates, but regular mail shows outside support.
The complaints come two years after the state passed a law to eliminate solitary confinement, which allows prisoners only a few hours a day out of their cells.
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