Government
Sep. 4, 2013
Legislators promise hearings on solitary confinement
Two state lawmakers will oversee public hearings as soon as this fall on the use of solitary confinement in state prisons, a move aimed to address a weeks-long hunger strike among inmates.
By Hamed Aleaziz
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Two Democratic state legislators announced Friday that they will oversee public hearings as soon as this fall on the use of solitary confinement in the state's prisons.
State Senator Loni Hancock, D-Berkeley, and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano, D-San Francisco, both of whom head their respective public safety committees, will hold the hearings.
The move was spurred by state prisoners' weeks-long hunger strike and will focu...
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