Humanity, Safety Shouldn't Be at Odds in Prison ; a Bill to Restrict Inmate Segregation Needs to Block Abuses Without Endangering Others.
Portland Press Herald › February 23, 2010
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The Legislature is pondering a bill to limit how long prison officials could remove an inmate from the general population under the correction system's "special management" category of restricted confinement.
In general terms, such limits would seem to be both humane and necessary to avoid abuse, but it has to be remembered that there are always exceptional cases that may require different treatment.See the full content of this document
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Humanity, Safety Shouldn't Be at Odds in Prison ; a Bill to Restrict Inmate Segregation Needs to Block Abuses Without Endangering Others.
Thus, official discretion can certainly be given better boundaries, but it should not be totally eliminated.
The bill, L.D. 1611, ha...See the full content of this document
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