THE AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ENDORSES A STUDY DONE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO THAT SUGGESTS THIS STATE IS HIGHEST AMONG THE 50 STATES FOR CONFINING PRISON INMATES IN SOLITARY. A DIFFERENT ASSESSMENT WAS MADE BY THE STATE.
THE STUDY WAS DONE BY UNM GRADUATES, WHO TALKED WITH INMATES BEFORE MAKING THEIR CONCLUSION. AND THEY FOUND THAT SOME INMATES WERE IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR WEEKS AND MONTHS ON END. A BILL NOW CIRCULATING THE LEGISLATURE WOULD BAN CHILDREN, PREGNANT WOMEN AND ADULTS WHO ARE MENTALLY ILL FROM BEING PLACED IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT.
