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Republican Delegate Glenn Davis and Democratic House Leader Don Scott are working together to ban solitary confinement at state prisons, and the effort is already moving forward in the House.
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Lawmakers in Richmond are considering a bill that would prohibit people who are incarcerated from being held in solitary confinement.
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Senator Joe Morrissey, a Democrat from Richmond, introduced the bill.
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Advocates for ending solitary confinement in Virginia prisons were hopeful they would be able to get a bill through a Republican-led House Committee. But instead the committee rejected the bill and decided to conduct a study instead.
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According to a recent report from the United Nations, prolonged solitary confinement is psychological torture. That's why many advocates are hoping to end solitary confinement in Virginia prisons, or at least create some new limitations.
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Solitary confinement is torture. That's the position of advocates who would like to eliminate the practice or at least limit it to 15 days. The Department of Corrections says they have a different name for solitary confinement, and they say they don't do that anymore.
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Senator Joe Morrissey is a Democrat from Richmond who wants to eliminate solitary confinement in Virginia prisons. Last year, he had a bill that would have eliminated solitary confinement, but the Department of Corrections said the cost of accomplishing that would include new nurses, psychologists, residential specialists, uniforms, supplies and equipment.
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The American Civil Libties Union of Virginia has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections over solitary confinement at maximum security…
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Democratic lawmakers and the ACLU of Virginia are pushing for more information on how the state uses solitary confinement.After being convicted for having…