California’s solitary settlement

A leg­al set­tle­ment an­nounced Tues­day between the state and a core group of in­mates held in isol­a­tion for a dec­ade or more at Pel­ic­an Bay State Pris­on calls for the end of the use of sol­it­ary con­fine­ment to con­trol pris­on gangs.