Criminal
Sep. 3, 2014
California to create alternative housing for mentally ill prisoners who break rules
As part of significant new protocols approved by a federal judge on Friday, state prisons will provide new solitary units with out-of-cell programming for these inmates, rather than send them to solitary confinement.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
State prisons will soon no longer send mentally ill inmates to solitary confinement or administrative segregation, the latest policy change in a decades-long legal battle over the treatment of these inmates in California.
As part of significant new protocols approved by U.S. District Judge Lawrence K. Karlton on Friday, the state said it will instead provide alternative housing with out-of-cell prog...
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