Rights groups demand Biden end ‘torture’ of solitary confinement
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ACLU and others say solitary is ‘torture’, ask Biden and Harris to fulfil campaign promises to end inmate isolation.
A new proposal by the Federal Anti-Solitary Taskforce (FAST) calls on the US government to use legislative, executive and administrative methods to end the “torture” of solitary confinement on inmates in federal detention. “The debilitating, dehumanizing, and even deadly effects on incarcerated people are an ongoing stain on the American legal system,” Tammie Gregg, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s (ACLU) Stop Solitary Campaign, said in a statement. “Medical and mental health experts, impacted people, and advocates agree that solitary confinement … is torture,” Gregg continued.
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