Columbia Legal Services has filed a class‑action lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Corrections over what it ...

The Statesman Journal spoke to one of five people suing the Oregon Department of Corrections for its solitary confinement ...

Amidst a heat wave in Madison, people who were once incarcerated in Wisconsin’s prison system and supporters gathered ...

Being locked up is already difficult. But then you are moved even further away from everyone else, into a prison within a prison. A cold, small room becomes your entire world. Twenty three hours a day ...

Honesty Bishop was attacked by her cellmate. Missouri prison officials deemed her sexually active and kept her in isolation for over six years. Honesty Bishop could hear the screams of other people in ...

Anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, self-harm, night terrors, panic attacks, and hallucinations are some of the symptoms ...

The Illinois Department of Corrections confined inmates in “dungeon-like conditions” in solitary confinement and refused to ...

An activist built a model cell to illustrate conditions of solitary confinement. An activist who served time at Waupun Correctional Institution built and displays a model cell to illustrate conditions ...

An investigation found that nearly 75% of suicides in Mississippi prisons occurred in restrictive housing units. Many inmates who died by suicide had known histories of mental illness or previous self ...

Columbia Legal Services has filed a class‑action lawsuit against the Washington State Department of Corrections over what it ...