Solitary Confinement: Support for Massachusetts Reforms

As the Massachusetts legislature considers a bill that would restrict use of solitary confinement to 30 days, with hearings every 15 days and a bar on solitary for pregnant, deaf, and blind prisoners, the Boston Globe has come out in support of the pending legislation.  The Globe’s editorial ran January 6, under the headline: Mass. Prisons Call it Solitary.  The UN Calls it Torture.  Kudos to the Globe editorial board for weighing in on this issue, and for driving home the U.S.’s status as an international outlier.