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<title>Malone prison singled out in report on &quot;extreme isolation&quot;</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 4, 2012) A report released this week by the New York Civil Liberties Union calls for major reforms to the state prison system that would reduce the number of inmates held in solitary confinement or isolation.According to the study, roughly 8% of state prisoners are being held in special isolation cells. Roughly a third of those solitary confinement cells, known as &quot;special housing units,&quot; are located here in the North Country.Critics say the use of solitary confinement by prison guards has spiraled out of control. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20607/20121004/malone-prison-singled-out-in-report-on-quot-extreme-isolation-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A report released this week by the New York Civil Liberties Union calls for major reforms to the state prison system that would reduce the number of inmates held in solitary confinement or isolation.According to the study, roughly 8% of state prisoners are being held in special isolation cells. Roughly a third of those solitary confinement cells, known as &quot;special housing units,&quot; are located here in the North Country.Critics say the use of solitary confinement by prison guards has spiraled out of control. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20607/20121004/malone-prison-singled-out-in-report-on-quot-extreme-isolation-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<title>Report blasts NY prisons for use of solitary confinement</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 3, 2012) The New York Civil Liberties Union says New York&apos;s prison system is using solitary confinement as a punishment far too often.Last year, inmates in the state system were placed in &quot;solitary&quot; more than 13,000 times, according to a new study produced by the NYCLU. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20595/20121003/report-blasts-ny-prisons-for-use-of-solitary-confinement">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The New York Civil Liberties Union says New York&apos;s prison system is using solitary confinement as a punishment far too often.Last year, inmates in the state system were placed in &quot;solitary&quot; more than 13,000 times, according to a new study produced by the NYCLU. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20595/20121003/report-blasts-ny-prisons-for-use-of-solitary-confinement">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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