The Department of Corrections has established many committees and subcommittees to review its use of administrative segregation in an effort to reduce the use WHILE also reducing prison violence. Here is an article describing an effort in the Somerset facility. Published in the PittsburghTribune Review (07/04/2016) Prisons to follow discipline model set by … Continued
From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): Recently senators from both sides of the aisle stood together as they announced new enhancements to the Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act. The changes are designed to broaden even further the bi-partisan support this … Continued
It is estimated that 80,000 to 100,000 incarcerated persons, disproportionately adults and youth of color, are held in conditions of solitary confinement nationwide on any given day. That number does not include people in local jails, juvenile facilities, or in … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): The Guardian has launched 6×9, a powerful new virtual reality experience of solitary confinement, which places viewers inside a U.S. solitary confinement prison cell. As you prepare for Torture Awareness Month this … Continued