Seven Days in Solitary [4/22/18]

April 22, 2018April 30, 2018 Valerie Kiebala

• A press release from the office of U.S. Senator Dick Durbin announced the re-introduction of a bill called the Solitary Confinement Reform Act, which would mandate a reduction in the Bureau of Prison’s (BOP) use of solitary confinement, improve mental health services in BOP facilities, provide resources to facilities to aid in enforcing these changes, and […]

Senate Democrats Introduce Landmark Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons

October 7, 2016October 11, 2016 Joshua Manson

The President, Congressional Democrats, solitary survivors, and even Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy have all recently spoken out against solitary confinement.

A group of Democratic senators has introduced a bill that would for the first time place legal limitations on the use of solitary confinement in federal prisons. The Solitary Confinement Reform Act (S. 3432), is co-sponsored by Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Christopher Coons (D-DE), Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Cory Booker (D-NJ), and Al Franken (D-MN). The […]

Solitary Watch

By Valerie Kiebala and Jean Casella

September 10, 2018

Solitary Confinement Reform Act

Seven Days in Solitary [4/22/18]

Senate Democrats Introduce Landmark Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement in Federal Prisons