State prisons in New York are illegally holding prisoners too long in solitary confinement, despite laws limiting the practice.
The Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, or HALT law, restricts holding people for over 15 consecutive days, barring certain groups from such confinement.
Justice Bryant ordered the state to comply with the law's requirements and declared solitary confinement rulings made based on agency policy as null and void.
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