Our beloved Erick Tavira died in solitary confinement on Rikers Island on Oct. 22, 2022. Officials tried to give it another name. It’s still solitary confinement. Call it what you want, Erick died ...

In 2015, after spending two years in isolation on Rikers Island without a trial, Kalief Browder took his own life. His family blamed Browder’s stay in solitary confinement, which they said left him a ...

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Alcatraz prison cell, solitary confinement, in Alcatraz, San Francisco, California In April, Albert Woodfox and Herman Wallace marked a grim anniversary. The two Louisiana State Prison inmates, both ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Shelby county is making history as the first southern government to end solitary confinement. Shelby County Mayor ...

Nearly a dozen legislators wrote a letter Friday urging the Department of Homeland Security to “end the misuse of solitary confinement in immigration detention,” citing a Feb. 6 report from nonprofit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Democratic-aligned senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would largely ban the use of solitary confinement in federal ...

WASHINGTON D.C. — Right now, thousands of inmates are in solitary confinement in federal prisons, nationwide. But there’s a push to end restrictive housing because of the toll it takes on inmates’ ...

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Democratic-aligned senators introduced legislation Tuesday that would largely ban the use of solitary confinement in federal institutions and give states and local jurisdictions incentives to do the ...