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Solitary Confinement Rules To Be Changed In California

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A lock is seen on a small port where items are passed to inmates without having to open the cell door in the Secure Housing Unit at the Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)
A lock is seen on a small port where items are passed to inmates without having to open the cell door in the Secure Housing Unit at the Pelican Bay State Prison near Crescent City, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP)

Lawyers representing thousands of inmates who have been held in small, windowless rooms say they've reached a settlement with the state of California to end the practice of extreme long-term isolation. Michael Montgomery talks with Here & Now's Lisa Mullins about the history of solitary confinement in California and what is going to change.

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This segment aired on September 1, 2015.

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