Solitary confinement

ALBANY, N.Y. (CN) — A federal judge in New York dismissed corrections officers’ class-action challenge to the state’s new rule doing away with solitary confinement. They say inmates and jailers will be at risk of physical violence with the new policy, but the reforms do not “shock the conscience” and New York is not “constitutionally obligated” to use solitary confinement.

Read the ruling [here.](https://webservices.courthousenews.com/sites/Data/AppellateOpinionUploads/2022-16-6--16-23-57-solitary confinement.pdf)

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