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Inmates In Prisons

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Inmates who are thought to be too dangerous for return to a prison’s general population unit would be placed in new wings with some social interaction and access to phone calls. Only those found to have committed major violations — like possessing a weapon, trying to escape or assaulting another prisoner — would be held in solitary.
A spokeswoman for California’s prison guard union, however, said Tuesday’s settlement would return the state to “the prison environment of the ’70s and ’80s, when inmate-on-inmate homicides were at the highest levels and staff were killed.”
One factor driving calls for reform is that prisoners who spend an extended period of time in solitary can develop a rash of mental health issues, including anxiety, depression,

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