Law enforcement officials push back on new segregated confinement law News 12 Staff Updated on:Apr 09, 2021, 1:38pm EDT There is growing pushback from law enforcement officials about a new law that just passed that restricts the amount of time an inmate can spend in segregated confinement. Law enforcement officials are now looking to amend the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, also known as The Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act. The law limits the amount of time an incarcerated person can spend in segregated confinement to just 15 days. The law also keeps certain vulnerable populations away from segregated confinement such as the young,