solitary confinement

The Southport Correctional Facility near Elmira is one of six prisons throughout New York state that will close.

"Freedom from torture is the most basic of human rights, and yet every year tens of thousands of New Yorkers are subjected to it in the form of solitary confinement."

As the New York state legislature resumes session today (Wednesday), advocates and some legislators are calling for limits on solitary confinement in state prisons.