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New York law to end solitary confinement for SMI, promote rehabilitation
Author(s) -
Canady Valerie A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
mental health weekly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1556-7583
pISSN - 1058-1103
DOI - 10.1002/mhw.32744
Subject(s) - legislation , solitary confinement , harm , law , criminal justice , mental illness , political science , rehabilitation , state (computer science) , economic justice , criminology , public administration , sociology , mental health , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , prison , physical therapy , algorithm , computer science
Following eight years of advocacy to end solitary confinement for people with serious mental illness, and both the mental and physical harm facing thousands of New Yorkers, many of whom are Black and Latinx, advocacy groups are hailing landmark legislation signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that reforms the state's criminal justice system and adds rehabilitation to its services and settings.