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If passed by the full legislature and signed by the Governor, this bill would end the torture of long-term solitary confinement, and eliminate it altogether for certain populations, in New York’s prisons and jails.

Assembly Correction

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BREAKING: The #HALTsolitary bill just passed out of the NY Assembly Corrections Committee! The bill will end the torture of solitary confinement across New York State and replace it with safer and more meaningful interventions. 

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Assembly Codes

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BREAKING: The #HALTsolitary bill just passed out of the NY Assembly Codes Committee! That’s TWO committees in one day! The bill will end the torture of solitary confinement across New York State and replace it with safer and more meaningful interventions. 

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Assembly Ways and Means

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BREAKING: The #HALTsolitary bill just passed out of the NY Assembly Ways and Means Committee! That’s THREE committees in one day! The bill will end the torture of solitary confinement across New York State and replace it with safer and more meaningful interventions.

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ADDITIONAL TWEETS

FACT: Solitary confinement is torture. The sensory deprivation, lack of human interaction, and extreme idleness can lead to intense suffering and severe, lasting damage to physical and mental health, including psychosis, heart disease, self-mutilation, and death. #HALTsolitary

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FACT: Solitary confinement is deadly. It’s taken countless lives: Layleen Polaco, Kalief Browder, Ben van Zandt, Dante Taylor. A person attempts suicide nearly every other day in NY prisons. Roughly 1/3 of all prison suicides take place in solitary in NY prisons. #HALTsolitary

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FACT: Black and Latinx people are disproportionately subjected to solitary confinement. Over 8 in 10 New Yorkers in solitary confinement are people of color. Black people make up 18% of the population in New York State, 48% in state prisons, and 57% in solitary. #HALTsolitary

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FACT: Every year in New York, tens of thousands of incarcerated people spend months, years and even decades in solitary confinement. They’re isolated in tiny cells for up to 24hrs/day and denied all meaningful human interaction. It’s torture. #HALTsolitary

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FACT: Solitary makes prisons, jails, and outside communities less safe by failing to address underlying causes of problematic behavior, and often making them worse, as people deteriorate physically, psychologically, and socially. #HALTsolitary

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FACT: The #HALTsolitary will save lives and save money. A recent think tank report found HALT would save the state and local governments $132 million every year – money that should be directed toward meeting people’s needs, like housing and healthcare. 

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