ALBANY – Civil liberties advocates and lawmakers gathered at the Capitol Tuesday to urge legislators to pass a bill restricting the use of solitary confinement in state prisons before the end of the session next week.
The bill (S.4784/A.3080) seeks to place a limit of 15 consecutive days on solitary confinement, and a limit of 20 days within a 60-day period. Anything beyond the 15 or 20 days in total would require that the inmate be released or sent to a separate, secure residential rehabilitation unit.
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