The complaints come two years after the state passed a law to eliminate solitary confinement, which allows prisoners only a few hours a day out of their cells.
A group of incarcerated men at Massachusetts' maximum security prison told state officials in a letter last week that some prisoners were staging a hunger strike over conditions in a special unit of the prison the men claim is a form of solitary confinement.
The letter, dated Oct. 18, alleged that state Department of Correction officials have done nothing in response to the protest and"have made little effort to ameliorate the conditions" in the secure adjustment unit. The letter was signed by prisoner Elonsko Brown. State Attorney General Campbell's office is reviewing the prisoners' letter, according to spokeswoman Molly McGlynn."AG Campbell believes incarcerated people must be treated with dignity and live in fair and safe conditions," McGlynn said in an emailed statement."The AG’s Office will continue to push for policies that ensure the humanity of all."
Last month, the Boston College Law School Civil Rights Clinic agreed to drop a lawsuit it had filed against the Department of Correction alleging that it was holding prisoners in restrictive housing at MCI-Cedar Junction for longer periods than allowed under the law.
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