Across more than 120 jails in California's 58 counties, conditions behind bars can vary wildly, from the sprawling campus of San Diego's women's jail to the 60-year-old "dungeon" known as Men's Central jail in Los Angeles. But there's one thing California's local lockups have in common: inmates who spend weeks, months or even years in isolation without any meaningful human contact or rehabilitation.
Assemblymember Chris Holden is trying to change that. The Pasadena Democrat introduced a bill this year to limit "segregated confinement" - what is colloquially known as "solitary." Scaling back the use of such confinement, however, has proved to be difficult.
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