Court temporarily reverses suspension of solitary confinement law in NY prisons
Friday, 4 July 2025 () People previously in solitary confinement, family members, New York State legislators, and others rally outside then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office in Manhattan to support the HALT Act in 2019.
In a court order this week, Judge Daniel Lynch wrote that the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision violated “the separation of powers” by temporarily suspending a law that sets limitations to the use of solitary confinement. [ more › ]
Friday, 4 July 2025 ()
People previously in solitary confinement, family members, New York State legislators, and others rally outside then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo's office in Manhattan to support the HALT Act in 2019.