UN complaint targets DOCCS over HALT

UN complaint targets DOCCS over HALT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEXSTAR) — New York's prisons face a human rights complaint filed with the United Nations. Filed this week, it coincides with the release of an oversight report on the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act, a state law meant to limit segregated or solitary confinement. The HALT Act (S2836/A2277A) took effect on March 31, 2022. With few exceptions, the law bans prisons from confining anyone to a cell for over 17 …