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Jan. 29, 2019
State prison officials violated agreement to end solitary confinement, judge rules
The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation engaged in a “systemic misuse” of information provided by confidential informants to hold prisoners in solitary confinement and deny them parole in violation of a 2016 settlement agreement prohibiting indefinite use of the practice, a magistrate judge ruled.
The state prisons department engaged in a "systemic misuse" of information provided by confidential informants to hold prisoners in solitary confinement and deny them parole in violation of a 2016 settlement agreement to stop indefinite use of the practice, a magistrate judge has ruled.
The order issued Friday detailed state prison officials using uncorroborated, confidential information to conduct what amounted to "meaningless disci...
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