The practice is widely considered a form of torture.
, signed by former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in 2021, went into effect in March. It prohibited the placement of any incarcerated person in solitary confinement, known as “segregated confinement,” for more than 15 days in a row, and more than 20 nonconsecutive days in a 60-day period.
And despite the provision in the law against holding people for more than 20 nonconsecutive days in a two-month period, state data shows that 576 people were nonetheless locked in for such stretches. Jerome Wright, co-director of the HALT Solitary Campaign that lobbied for the law, was in solitary confinement for nearly eight of the 30 years he spent incarcerated in prisons throughout New York for crimes he committed in the Bronx in the 1970s. He said activists will continue to push the state to abide by the HALT Act.
State Sen. Julia Salazar, a sponsor of the bill that banned solitary confinement, said in a statement that the data from DOCCS “violates both the spirit and the letter of the law.”
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