WASHINGTON — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy signed a bill last month that reforms the practice of placing prisoners in solitary confinement, but the new law doesn’t go far enough for a state civil rights panel that says minority inmates are confined disproportionally.
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House passes new limits on solitary confinement
The House of Representatives unanimously approved a measure late Monday to prohibit incarcerated minors from being placed in solitary confinement.
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ACLU praises CT prison reforms on solitary confinement
The national movement to limit the use of solitary confinement has come to Connecticut, where civil libertarians say they are on friendlier terrain than in many other states: Here they seek legislation that codifies in law reforms already adopted by the Department of Correction.