Caron Butler can easily point to the lowest moment in his life -- the days he spent as a teenager locked in a solitary confinement cell inside a juvenile prison.
The former UConn star and NBA player went to Connecticut's state Capitol on Monday to ask Gov. Ned Lamont to sign legislation that would strictly limit the use of solitary confinement and other forms of isolation in prisons.
The bill, which requires that almost all inmates be allowed at least 6½ hours out of their cells and limits the use of certain restraints, received final legislative approval early Sunday.