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New bill looks to set solitary confinement limits in California prisons

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California could put a new bill into place that would ban the state's prison facilities from keeping inmates in solitary confinement for more than 15 consecutive days and would force these places to document when and why they're putting someone in solitary

The development comes as good news for advocates who say the practice physically and mentally harms people, often those most vulnerable. 

For more on this, KCBS Radio news anchor Holly Quan spoke with Craig Haney, a Psychology professor at UC Santa Cruz and Co-director of the UC Criminal Justice and Health Consortium

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