Elmira Correctional Facility

Commissioner Daniel Martuscello III issued a memo calling for a temporary pause to parts of the HALT Act—or—Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement, due to a prison-wide state of emergency.

“They feel like they’re sort of cut off from the outside world right now which is scary when you’re in a situation like that."

“This is a public health crisis and you have cut them off from the outside world.”