On the first day of the New York state legislative session, advocates and some legislators called for limits on solitary confinement in state prisons.
They are pushing for the passage of HALT, or the Humane Alternatives to Long-term Solitary Confinement Act.
“The use of solitary confinement in New York state’s prisons is a violation of human rights,” said Assemblymember Harry Bronson, one of about 10 state legislators who took part in a news conference on Wednesday.