‘Mandela’ bill would limit solitary confinement in California prisons and jails [calmatters.org]
By Nigel Duara, Photo: Ben Margot/AP Photo, Cal Matters, September 26, 2022 In solitary confinement, a former California inmate recalled, there were two kinds of people: One kind would read books in their cells, exercise and do and re-do crossword puzzles. The other kind would scream and curse, refuse to dress and throw their feces at the walls. The goal in solitary confinement, he said, was to avoid becoming the second kind of inmate. “There’s one that’s resilient and one that’s not so...