Stop Solitary - Public Education
Letter to Comptroller of GAO
- Organization: ACLU National Prison Project
- Date Created: Tuesday, March 06, 2012
- Attachment(s): PDF
Letter to Gene Dodaro, Comptroller of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), from Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), Ranking Member of the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Dated June 6, 2011. In the letter, Rep. Scott requests the GAO report on SHU placement, the costs of maintaining SHU units, and the effects of long-term isolated confinement on the mentally ill
Topics:
- Federal Prisoners
- Medical Care / Mental Health
- Mentally Ill Prisoners
- Isolated Confinement (Segregation)