About HALT Solitary
Campaign efforts led by the New York Campaign for Alternatives to Isolated Confinement (CAIC) or #HALTsolitary Campaign resulted in the passage of the HALT Solitary Confinement Act in 2021. HALT limits solitary to no more than 15 days for all people, bans it for young people and other groups, and creates alternatives with at least 7 hours out of cell per day with rehabilitative and therapeutic programming.Campaign efforts, in partnership with the Jails Action Coalition, also resulted in passage of Local Law 42 in New York City in 2024, which bans solitary beyond four hours and otherwise requires all other people in jail to have access to 14 hours of daily out-of-cell group programming and activities. The Campaign is currently focused on pushing for implementation of these laws and going further to end solitary at the local, state, and federal level.
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