DOC: Inmate attacks correctional sergeant inside Oak Park Heights prison
Officials say the sergeant suffered "injuries to her face" in the assault, which occurred inside a cell.
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Officials say the sergeant suffered "injuries to her face" in the assault, which occurred inside a cell.
Prisoners are punished with long periods of isolation, often for minor offenses, that can cause lasting mental health problems. Other states are moving to limit the practice.
"When I got to the youth center I, you know, I ran away,” Hicks said in an interview. “But they caught me, you know, after a few hours, I didn't know where I was. They caught me, and then they brought me back into segregation — solitary confinement."
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The bill appoints an independent ombudsman to oversee residents who are in segregation. It also spells out that anyone who is pregnant, who has a disability or who is less than 21 or who is 65 or older cannot be placed in segregation. And for other residents the duration of segregation would be limited to three days in succession and no more than nine days in a two-month period.