State’s prison watchdog finds implementation failures

October 14, 2025- A state watchdog report for 2024 reaffirms past findings that prison officials are failing to implement solitary confinement reforms from 2021 and make sure mental health services are being administered. We discuss the findings, potential changes to the use of solitary confinement and much more with Jennifer Scaife, executive director of the Correctional Association of New York.