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Advocates urge baseline human‑rights standards for prisons to improve outcomes and reduce recidivism
Summary
Legal advocates, clinicians and lawmakers backed H.2608 / S.1651, a bill to set minimum standards for out‑of‑cell time, programming, sanitation and medical care in state and county correctional facilities, arguing that better conditions are linked to lower recidivism and public safety.
Proponents of a bill to set statewide minimum standards for conditions of confinement — including minimum daily out‑of‑cell time, guaranteed access to education and substance‑use treatment, functional toilets and showers, and a right to daily exercise — testified that current practices leave many incarcerated people warehoused and ill prepared for reentry.
Representative Brandy Fluker‑Oakford and…
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