Data shows New York is violating a new law banning solitary confinement
The practice is widely considered a form of torture.
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The practice is widely considered a form of torture.
According to a new report by the HALT Solitary and the Mental Health Alternatives to Solitary Confinement campaigns, isolating 'mentally ill' prisoners as punishment still happens fairly frequently in New York despite laws designed to protect them.
New York now puts people with mental health needs in prison units that claim to be therapeutic but are harshly punitive.
New York State workers are concerned if this law goes into place.
PLATTSBURGH — Citing rising violence in the state’s prisons, the union representing correctional officers and the tri-county’s state representatives expressed support Tuesday for pausing full implementation of the Humane Alternatives