It’s hard to find joy in solitary confinement. I rely on tiny comforts and small moments that bring me peace, comfort, happiness and maybe even laughter.

The rapper landed in the hole after getting into an altercation with a fellow prisoner at FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey, TMZ reported Friday. The man apparently “dissed” Diddy, which led to a brawl.

Solitary confinement in Mississippi prisons has persisted for decades despite its negative effects on mental health. A 2024 Department of Justice investigation found conditions in restrictive housing ...

Federal court records indicate guards shackled his limbs and forcibly inserted a feeding tube through his nose and throat, ...

Along with a range of services, training and restrictions on solitary confinement, the settlement also requires an independent monitor be appointed to ensure the terms are carried out.

Columbia Legal Services has filed a class‑action lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) over what it calls an extreme and unlawful form of solitary confinement at the ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harm, night terrors, panic attacks, and hallucinations are some of the symptoms inmates say they experience after being locked in ...

In Texas and elsewhere, transgender people are often isolated in solitary confinement as a purported means of protection. But ...

More than four years after Multnomah County auditors called for sweeping reforms at the county jail, a new report found that officials failed to enact more than 38% of the auditor’s recommendations, ...

A 25-year-old man with “severe, persistent mental illness” has died in solitary confinement in the MDC Brooklyn federal jail — the second death in the notorious lock-up in the last three months.

Danny Austin has been out of prison for over a decade. These days, he focuses on life with his wife in North Mississippi and his work as a commercial truck driver. It’s not often that he reflects on ...