Aaron Isby-Israel: IDOC Files Appeal on Indefinite Solitary Confinement Case & Conditions at New Castle Private Prison

Below is a letter from Aaron Isby-Israel discussing the IDOC appeal, filed on the last possible day, of the court’s decision on his lawsuit challenging his indefinite solitary confinement. He also discusses the flaws in the court’s decision to defer to the DOC in processing his removal from solitary by sending him to the New Castle STAND program rather than releasing him to general population, and conditions at the New Castle GEO Group private prison.