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Mar 11, 2022 · Law interviewed men who had been in solitary at Southport and become campaigners for the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, a bill intended to dramatically reduce the use of isolation in prisons and jails. In 2021, the state legislature passed the bill and the governor signed it into law. It is scheduled to take effect at the end of March 2022.
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Mar 9, 2022 · The entire law will take effect in September. ... and the speaker of the Assembly within 60 days after a facilities’ closure, according to the 2021-22 budget. ... whether to close a prison ...
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Nov 8, 2021 · Updated: Nov 8, 2021 / 06:08 PM EST. SOUTHPORT, N.Y. (WETM) – Local leaders expressed shock and anger after learning the Southport Correctional Facility set to close in 2022 after 30 years. The ...
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Nov 18, 2021 · Criminal justice advocates have been glad to see Southport near its close. It was built in the 1980s as the state’s first supermax security prison. But some local leaders are worried about potential economic consequences. Tyrrell Muhammad was incarcerated at Southport from 1991-92 during what he called the “tough-on-crime” era.
Nov 8, 2021 · VESTAL, NY (WSKG) - The New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS) announced two facilities in the Finger Lakes and Southern Tier regions will close by March 10, 2022. The Southport Correctional Facility in Chemung County and the Willard Drug Treatment Campus in Seneca County are among six total prisons closing.
Mar 9, 2022 · The prison has regularly come under fire by the Correctional Association of New York, which found the facility regularly subjected inmates to extreme periods of solitary confinement until a bill ...
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2021-S2178 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo. BILL NUMBER: S2178 SPONSOR: JORDAN TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the correction law, in relation to requiring legislative approval for the closure of correctional facilities and institutions PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This bill would require legislative approval in the proposed closure of correctional ...
