NYCLU and the Cuomo administration announced a settlement designed to greatly reduce the use of solitary confinement in state correctional facilities. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Burlington Free Press: Inmates, Vermont prisons in conflict over Muslim prayer services Gregory Sierras, a Muslim inmate says he and other inmates this year have had to fight for their right to hold Friday prayer services and receive pre-dawn and after - dusk meals during Ramadan in the Northern State Correctional Facility in Newport. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
The bills come in response to threats of violence or actual incidents involving emergency personnel, including direct assaults and safety problems at state correctional facilities. (nystateofpolitics.com)