September 6, 2011
More inmates, shorter terms in SHU
Corrections officials are studying changes in the classification system used to determine which inmates are locked in the state's controversial Security Housing Units.
The move could mean more inmates are assigned to the windowless, isolated units but for shorter time periods, provided they participate in special programming and remain "disciplinary free."
Conditions in the state's four Security Housing Units were the focus of a three-week hunger strike that ended July 20 after corrections officials conceded they had unfairly denied inmates personal items such as calendars, sweats and exercise equipment. Officials also promised a broad re-assessment of rules and procedures governing the units...
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