Prisoners refused food, demanding changes to solitary confinement. Now they are pushing to end the practice altogether.
The settlement included a minimum of two years of compliance monitoring. That oversight has stretched to eight years.
Finally, Wilken found that prison officials placed certain men in restricted custody general population without adequate procedural protections, and violated their rights to due process by failing to provide them either with meaningful periodic reviews or with accurate notice of the reasons for their confinement.
On April 12, prison officials transferred Ashker to Ironwood State Prison. “It’s like being on a college campus,” he toldIn 2022, lawmakers introduced AB2632, or the, limiting solitary confinement in any jail, prison or detention center to no more than 15 consecutive days or 45 days within a six-month period. It also prohibited staff from isolating an individual in segregated confinement on the basis of confidential information or using it as a form of protective custody.
Undeterred, lawmakers reintroduced the bill in January. In late May, it passed the Assembly with 56 votes, which constitutes a two-thirds supermajority. Should the bill also achieve a supermajority of votes in the Senate, that would“It’s so historic to see where we’re at,” Canales reflected, noting that the California Mandela Coalition includes organizations that focus on disability rights and immigrant detention.
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