Criminal
Oct. 24, 2023
Prisoners sue over solitary rules that might help them
“They fear that things will get worse for them, because of the subjectivity, the loopholes and how they could be interpreted,” attorney Anne B. Weills said.
A group of California prisoners challenged new rules on solitary confinement, even though those rules are supposed to limit the use of the practice.
Attorney Anne B. Weills said she filed her petition on Monday in Sacramento County Superior Court with the knowledge of many of the people who have worked for over a decade to limit the use of solitary confinement in California. The plaintiffs are six inmates who say they were not given suffici...
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