Everyday thousands of humans and millions of nonhumans endure solitary confinement. Human prisoners held in this way are confined for 22 to 24 hours a day for weeks, months, or even years on end in cells the size of a parking space. For these humans, the experience is tortuous. Captive animals held in solitary confinement similarly spend much of their lives locked into tiny spaces, isolated, and deprived of the types of interactions and environment essential to their wellbeing. And, like humans, they are driven mad. In human and nonhuman settings, the agony of solitary is chillingly alike and harmful. And, in neither setting is it justifiable or necessary.
In their article, , published in Nebraska Law Review, Haub Law Professors Michael Mushlin and David Cassuto use a comparative format to examine the moral, penological and scientific shortcomings of solitary confinement across species. The article sheds light on the importance of empowering all creatures subjected to solitary confinement. 鶹ýIf we adequately protect all vulnerable beings, the unnecessary suffering inflicted by solitary confinement will finally end,鶹ý they write.
The Elisabeth Haub School of Law at 鶹ý is pleased to announce that Kate Skolnick, an accomplished public defender and respected criminal law scholar, will join the faculty as an Assistant Professor of Law beginning in Fall 2025. Professor Skolnick will teach courses in criminal law and criminal procedure, along with an advanced criminal law seminar.
Haub Law Professor Bennett Gershman speaks with ABC News 7 NY about the deadline requiring undocumented immigrants to register with the government saying migrants are 鶹ýcaught between a rock and hard place.鶹ý
Pace Law Professor Bennett Gershman warns in Salon that Trump鶹ýs refusal to comply with court orders poses a serious threat to constitutional protections鶹ýsuggesting that if one person can ignore the law, 鶹ýany American鶹ý could be at risk.