As People Continue to Suffer and Die in Solitary Confinement, Groups Urge New York Prisons to Fully Implement the HALT Solitary Law to Stop Torture, Save Lives, and Improve Safety for Everyone
(New York) — People who survived solitary confinement, family members, and allied organizations denounce the illegitimate so-called HALT Review Committee and their awful recommendations — which would gut core elements of the HALT Solitary Law and vastly expand solitary confinement — and call for NYS DOCCS to immediately and fully implement the HALT Solitary Confinement Law…. This “committee” was inappropriately set up following the illegal work stoppage that was aimed to distract from DOCCS staff’s unconscionable killing of Robert Brooks and that put tens of thousands of people’s lives at risk, with at least 12 people dying during the height of the illegal action…