Groundbreaking Report Reveals Urgent Need for Restricting Solitary Confinement in Illinois

Written By CLCCRUL

Today, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, Restore Justice, and Uptown People’s Law Center have released a critical report titled “Ending Long Term Solitary Confinement in Illinois” describing the urgent need for solitary confinement reform in Illinois. The Illinois General Assembly is considering the Nelson Mandela Act (HB 4828), which would restrict solitary confinement by prohibiting prisons from holding individuals in solitary for more than 20 hours a day for more than 10 days.

This new report authored by Chris Bridges and David Shapiro of Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Kate Schwartz of Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., outlines the inhumane practice of solitary confinement and explains how it is seen as torture under international human rights law.  

Read the full report here. 

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