The New York City Council - File #: Res 0143-2018

• File #: Res 0143-2018
• Version: A
• Name: Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act.
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 2/14/2018
• In control: Committee on Criminal Justice
• On agenda: 2/14/2018
• Final action: 5/29/2019
• Title: Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act.
• Sponsors: Daniel Dromm , Alicka Ampry-Samuel , Carlina Rivera , Helen K. Rosenthal, Brad S. Lander, Diana I. Ayala, Stephen T. Levin

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/29/2019	*	City Council	Approved, by Council	Pass
5/29/2019	*	City Council	Approved, by Council	Pass
5/28/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
5/28/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
5/28/2019	A	Committee on Criminal Justice	Approved by Committee	Pass
5/28/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amendment Proposed by Comm
5/28/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amendment Proposed by Comm
5/28/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amended by Committee
5/28/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Amended by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Hearing Held by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Laid Over by Committee
5/1/2019	*	Committee on Criminal Justice	Laid Over by Committee
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council
2/14/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Res. No. 143-A

Title
Resolution calling on the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act.
Body

By Council Members Dromm, Ampry-Samuel, Rivera, Rosenthal, Lander, Ayala and Levin

Whereas, Solitary confinement typically constitutes a special form of imprisonment by segregating an incarcerated person for 23 hours a day and disallowing any contact with the outside world; and
Whereas, According to various sources, an increasing number of jurists throughout the world have concluded that solitary confinement constitutes cruel and unusual punishment and view solitary confinement as a form torture; and
Whereas, Thousands of incarcerated individuals are housed in solitary confinement each day in New York prisons and jails, according to various source; and
Whereas, Incarcerated people in solitary confinement are generally deprived of all meaningful human interaction or mental stimulation, confined to small barren cells; and
Whereas, New York State must take a more proactive approach to not only properly protect incarcerated people in New York prisons and jails, but must adopt better standards that reaffirm the State's commitment to respect inmates' human dignity; and
Whereas, A.2500, sponsored by Assembly Member Jeffrion L. Aubry and currently pending in the New York State Assembly, and companion bill S.1623, sponsored by State Senator Luis R. Sepulveda and pending in the New York State Senate, seek to amend the New York State Correction Law by restricting the use of segregated confinement and creating alternative therapeutic and rehabilitative confinement options; and
Whereas, A.2500/S.1623 is also known as the Humane Alternatives to Long-Term Solitary Confinement Act or "HALT Solitary Confinement Act"; and
Whereas, The HALT Solitary Confinement Act would amend the New York State Correction Law by limiting the time an incarcerated individu...