Nebraska’s Fix for Double-Bunking in Solitary Confinement May Need Work

Nebraska’s Fix for Double-Bunking in Solitary Confinement May Need Work

In Nebraska, where state prisons are often at 140-percent capacity, the legislature is considering a bill pertaining to “double-bunking,” AKA assigning two people to a one-person cell. In recent years the practice has resulted in multiple deaths, and lawsuits. Legislative Bill 99 proposes not to end double-bunking, of course, but to require that each double-bunked prisoner voluntarily agree to their housing assignment in writing. This might not …