Por: Los Angeles Times Opinion October 24, 2022
Advocates almost succeeded this year in curbing the use of solitary confinement in California’s prisons and jails. The California Mandela Act, named after the long-imprisoned South African president, received the support it needed in August to pass the Assembly 41-16 and land on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk. He vetoed the bill a month later, citing safety concerns. That must not be the end of the fight against this torturous practice. Lawmakers... + full article
ABC News USA World October 26, 2022
MOSCOW -- Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, lost another court battle Wednesday in his effort to push back against the Kremlin's widening crackdown on him and other dissenters.Russian news agencies reported that a court rejected the latest in a... + más
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Los Angeles Times USA World October 26, 2022
Russia's most prominent opposition leader, Alexei Navalny, lost another court battle Wednesday in his effort to push back against the Kremlin's widening crackdown on him and other dissenters. Russian news agencies reported that a court rejected the latest in a series... + más
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Portland Press Herald USA Nation October 17, 2022
A man who may be suffering from mental illness has spent more than two years in solitary confinement at the Cumberland County Jail and could soon be found competent to stand trial despite an inability to assist in his own defense, his attorney said. Deysean Sanchez, 38, has... + más
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New York Daily News USA Politics October 08, 2022
A City Council bill that would put stringent restrictions on the use of solitary confinement at Rikers Island could face a veto if the Council passes the legislation in its current form, Mayor Adams threatened Friday. The legislation, which is being sponsored by Public Advocate... + más
Editorial: Solitary confinement is torture. Gov. Newsom can limit it in California | Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times USA Politics September 30, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill Thursday to limit solitary confinement in California's jails, prisons and private detention centers, rejecting advocates' hopes to restrict a practice that many experts have likened to torture. In his Assembly Bill 2632 veto statement,... + más
Jail guard union blames Democrat-backed policy for assault by prisoner | Newsweek
Los Angeles Times USA Opinion September 27, 2022
Extended solitary confinement in California prisons was supposed to have ended, for all practical purposes, after a 2015 legal settlement in a case brought by plaintiffs who had been held in isolation for 10 years or longer in the security housing unit at Pelican Bay State... + más
Newsweek USA Nation September 26, 2022
A labor union representing prison guards has blamed a law spearheaded by progressive Democrats for a recent attack.The Nassau County Sheriff's Correction Officers Benevolent Association (COBA) represents prison staff members in Long Island's Nassau County. On Sunday,... + más
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