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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In “Rikers: An Oral History,” which hits bookstores Tuesday, authors Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau delve deep into the culture and ...

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 ...

Across the country, the Biden administration is holding hundreds of immigrants in solitary confinement. With the president’s calls for the “toughest” border crackdown in U.S. history, these numbers ...

Advocates almost succeeded this year in curbing the use of solitary confinement in California’s prisons and jails. The California Mandela Act, named after the long-imprisoned South African president, ...

SACRAMENTO — Why have any soft feelings for those locked in solitary confinement in our prisons, jails and immigrant detention centers? They must be the worst of the worst, right? The unrepentant ...

The man who spent more years in solitary confinement than any prisoner in American history was set free on Friday. Albert Woodfox was released from the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola after ...

Arguing that solitary confinement worsens mental health crises and violates Constitutional rights, six people incarcerated at prisons throughout Pennsylvania filed a federal class action lawsuit ...

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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Vincent Schiraldi, senior fellow at Columbia University Justice Lab, about the use of solitary confinement at Rikers Island. New York City has a new mayor, and he has ...

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In “Rikers: An Oral History,” which hits bookstores Tuesday, authors Graham Rayman and Reuven Blau delve deep into the culture and history of Rikers Island. Rayman covers criminal justice for the New ...