Criminal,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 25, 2023
Inmates lose bid for monitoring of solitary confinement
9th Circuit Judge Ryan D. Nelson found that the settlement agreement established narrow conditions for granting 12-month extensions for the initial 24-month compliance monitoring period.
A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel blocked more extensions of the monitoring of a 2015 settlement agreement that ended the practice of putting inmates in solitary confinement for long periods or indefinitely based solely on prison gang affiliation.
The latest extension of the monitoring period expired late in May and with the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation victory, the inmates can no longer seek future extensions. Ashk...
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