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Prison board approves $11,050 payment to consultant for solitary-confinement study

5509258 · July 30, 2025
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The Lackawanna County Prison Board voted to pay consultant Dan DeMuth $11,050 from canteen funds for a 68-hour study on restrictive housing and solitary confinement.

The Lackawanna County Prison Board on July 31 approved a $11,050 payment from canteen funds to consultant Dan DeMuth for a study of restrictive housing and solitary-confinement practices.

Judge, chair of the Lackawanna County Prison Board, said the board commissioned the review and that DeMuth "provided the board an extensive…

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