Pitt Law School conference will examine solitary confinement

April 11, 2016
Pitsburgh Post-Gazette

State and European prison officials, academics, scientists, attorneys, released former inmates and others will gather in Pittsburgh this week to discuss prolonged solitary confinement in prison — as well as possible alternatives to the practice.

The conference will bring together disparate and international groups that would normally never be in the same room to discuss solitary confinement, said Jules Lobel, a University of Pittsburgh Law School professor who is organizing the event. The conference is being held Friday and Saturday at Pitt Law School in Oakland.

Mr. Lobel, who was the lead attorney in the solitary confinement case Ashker v. Governor of California, said 100,000 prisoners are estimated to be in solitary confinement across the United States. ...

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