NewsSportsEntertainmentLifestyleOpinionUSA TODAYObituariesE-EditionLegals Ban on solitary confinement in prisons clears Senate panel; chairman says bill still needs 'work' Sen. Joseph Morrissey's measure offers alternatives to isolation, but state corrections officials still are not completely sold on its merits The Progress-Index RICHMOND — A bill all but totally eliminating solitary confinement within the Virginia prison system by next year jumped one Senate committee hurdle Friday, but it still has one more to go if it wants to reach the full chamber for debate. A representative of the state Department of Corrections told the Senate Rehabilitation and Social Services Committee Friday morning that while DOC was not taking a position on the measure, it did have some issues with some of the details.