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The bill will place new limits on how and when a person can be placed in a special housing unit.

Cuomo signs bill ending long-term solitary confinement By Wire and Staff Report Published  article NEW YORK - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation to end long-term solitary confinement in state prisons and jails, he announced Thursday. Under the new law, prisons and jails will not be allowed to hold inmates in solitary confinement for more than 15 consecutive days. Solitary confinement will be banned entirely for several categories of prisoners including minors, people over 55, pregnant inmates and those with disabilities. "Generations of incarcerated men and women have been su...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation Wednesday that will end prolonged solitary confinement in state correctional facilities.  The HALT Solitary Confinement Act will limit the use of segregated confinement for incarcerated people to 15 consecutive days, according to the legislation. It will take effect in one year. Segregated confinement for more than 15 days is considered torture, according to the Nelson Mandela Rules that were adopted by the United Nations.  "Generations of incarcerated men and women have been subjected to inhumane punishment in segregated confinement wit...

arrow The inside of a solitary confinement cell on Rikers Island in 2017. Bebeto Matthews/AP/Shutterstock On Wednesday night, Governor Andrew Cuomo signed legislation that will limit the use of solitary confinement for people locked up in New York's prisons. The law's passage is a significant victory for criminal justice reform advocates, who have pointed to the deaths of New Yorkers like Kalief Browder and Layleen Polanco as evidence that solitary confinement is cruel and immoral. Currently, there are more than 1,600 people being held in solitary across the state, some of them ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation to end long-term...