California lawmakers hold hearing on prison solitary confinement policy

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California lawmakers hold hearing on prison solitary confinement policy

By Sharon Bernstein SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California lawmakers concerned about solitary confinement in the state's troubled prison system promised at a hearing on Wednesday to seek to reform the state's practice of keeping inmates in near-isolation for decades. The hearing took place amid increasing attention to California's prison policies by human rights organizations, which say solitary confinement for such long periods of time is torture. ...

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