Law enforcement officials push back on new segregated confinement law
News 12 Staff
Updated on:Apr 09, 2021, 1:38pm EDT
There is growing pushback
from law enforcement officials about a new law that just passed that restricts
the amount of time an inmate can spend in segregated confinement.
Law enforcement
officials are now looking to amend the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, also
known as The Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act.
The law limits the amount of
time an incarcerated person can spend in segregated confinement to just 15
days.
The law also keeps certain
vulnerable populations away from segregated confinement such as the young,
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Governor signs HALT Solitary Confinement Act into law
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People gather outside the governor s mansion to take part in a celebration and rally in response to the passage of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act by the New York Legislature on Sunday, March 21, 2021, in Albany, N.Y. Those taking part in the event called on the Governor to sign the bill immediately to end the practice of solitary confinement. (Paul Buckowski/Times Union)Paul Buckowski/Albany Times Union
ALBANY Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo signed the HALT Solitary Confinement Act into law late Wednesday night, which places new restrictions on the practice in the state, including a ban on holding people in solitary for more than 15 days.
Cuomo signs bill ending long-term solitary confinement
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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 subjected to inhumane punishment in segregated confinement with little to no human interaction for extended periods of time and many experience emotional and physical trauma that can last for years, Cuomo said in a news release Thursday after signing the bill late the day before.