&quot;California will end indefinite solitary sentences. In all, the reforms are expected to reduce the state’s solitary population, which is now over 2,800, by more than half.&quot;<p>So they only ended indefinite solitary sentences. The definite sentences will stay. The main issue this opinion column raises is that it took several hundreds of inmates to form a class action for the change to take effective. The settlement will mean that the issue isn&#x27;t being ruled as &#x27;cruel or unusual punishment&#x27; so there&#x27;s very little change that is making through the court system in the country.