Condemning solitary confinement doesn’t mean supporting the Tate brothers, writes journalist Chandra Bozelko. “A right that ...

Melania Brown, sister of Layleen Polanco, a trans woman who died in an isolated cell in Rikers Island jail complex, and Akeem Browder, brother of Kalief Browder, who was incarcerated in Rikers as a ...

Fresh Air with Terry Gross. The piece can be found at: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/06/286794055/how-four-inmates-launched-a-statewide-hunger-strike-from-solitary Haney ...

I began work that day as I did any other, sweeping the floor in solitary confinement at Pinckneyville Correctional Center in my $0.04-per-hour job. The cacophony of dozens of men roaring over one ...

The proposal, first detailed by reporter Dana DiFilippo in the New Jersey Monitor, would raise the maximum solitary ...

Harsh prison conditions, including solitary confinement, affect the mental health of incarcerated people. But few studies have considered how the criminalization of mental health status contributes to ...

The United States leads the world in its use of solitary confinement, locking away in isolation more of its population than any other country. Every day, up to 48,000 inmates – or around 4% of the ...

During the peaks of the COVID-19 pandemic the term "solitary confinement" was often tossed around as a way to complain about the mandatory periods of isolation in our homes. Among those cringing after ...

The prison guards' union wants NJ lawmakers to ease restrictions on solitary confinement, an effort to reduce assaults on officers.

It is hard to find much joy in the Prison Inspectorate’s report on segregation and cell confinement released today. It finds many prisoners in New Zealand are kept in solitary confinement and suffer ...

“Exercise is a basic human need, and its long-term denial may constitute cruel and unusual punishment,” said prison officials, who also asserted three years was tolerable. The case could reach the ...

The United States leads the world in its use of solitary confinement, locking away in isolation more of its population than any other country. Every day, up to 48,000 inmates—or around 4% of the ...