During his nearly three decades representing East Elmhurst in Albany, Assemblyman Jeffrion Aubrey has been known as a champion of criminal justice reform, leading the effort to repeal the Rockefeller drug laws and sponsoring legislation on behalf of the incarcerated, including access to mental health treatment.
Most recently, Aubrey’s HALT Solitary Confinement Act was signed into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday, March 30.
“Solitary confinement has been established by the United Nations as a method of torture,” Aubrey said. “The HALT Act will not eliminate this practice, but it will be regulated in a way that we think is conducive to the long-term betterment of both those who are incarcerated as well as the communities they return to. HALT will improve conditions of confinement, and create more humane and effective alternatives to confinement.”
