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ICE Implements New Directive to Limit Solitary Confinement
Loaded on Oct. 10, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
October, 2014, page 44
Filed under:
Immigration,
Control Units/SHU/Solitary Confinement.
Location:
United States of America.
ICE Implements New Directive to Limit Solitary Confinement
Civil rights and immigration advocacy groups are watching closely to see the results of a change in federal policy governing the placement of immigrant detainees in solitary confinement, which was implemented one year following the release of a damning report on that ...
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