DOCCS Does Not Have the Authority to Suspend Portions of the HALT Solitary Law Passed by A Supermajority of the State Legislature and Signed by the Governor
(New York) — Today, DOCCS announced, available here, that the prison strike had ended, 2,000 officers were fired today, the number of people who returned to work did not meet the 85% threshold, and so the previous agreements did not hold, but DOCCS was still planning to attempt to illegally suspend the HALT Solitary Confinement Law. In response, Victor Pate, survivor of solitary confinement and Co-Director of the #HALTsolitary Campaign, released the following statement…