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Judge orders new segregation policies for mentally ill inmates
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Aug 19, 2014
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Judge orders new segregation policies for mentally ill inmates
There's been a rash of attempted suicides, and some successful ones, in the California prison system so isolation is now being criticized and reconsidered.
During group therapy, inmates are confined in metal cages known as "therapeutic modules," like these at Sacramento Prison.
During group therapy, inmates are confined in metal cages known as "therapeutic modules," like these at Sacramento Prison.
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There's been a rash of attempted suicides, and some successful ones, in the California prison system so isolation is now being criticized and reconsidered.

Prison inmates who repeatedly break the rules or turn violent are removed from the general population. They often go into special housing sections with multiple barriers separating them from others. 

But, there's been a rash of attempted suicides, and some successful ones, so isolation is now being criticized and reconsidered. The California Report's Julie Small brings us this report.