Oregon pays $2.3 million to settle negligence suit after man’s death in solitary cell in prison

The Oregon Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $2.3 million to settle a wrongful death and negligence suit filed by ...

'Won't be around much longer': Prison staff told crying inmate 'why don't you just kill yourself' before suicide, lawsuit says

The Oregon Department of Corrections is paying millions to settle a lawsuit filed by an inmate's family who said he died by ...

Lawsuit Alleges New York Holds Juveniles in Solitary Cells Without Toilets

"Youth must ask to be released from their cells to use the bathroom or be forced to use garbage pails, water bottles, food ...
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Footprint of solitary confinement in Louisiana expands because of ICE use of isolation

After spending years in solitary confinement at Angola’s Camp J, Kiana Calloway now works to expose the lasting psychological ...

New York Women’s Prison Forces People to Go Without Showers or Recreation

The conditions at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility are akin to solitary confinement, local experts say — an apparent violation of state law.
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Federal judge says ACLU of Va. class action lawsuit against VADOC’s alleged use of solitary confinement can go to trial

Earlier this week, a federal judge in the Western District of Virginia ruled that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) ...
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Prison agency seeks to dramatically narrow solitary confinement law

As its latest defense in an ongoing court battle, New York’s state prison agency is arguing that the core of a landmark solitary confinement reform law does not apply to the vast majority of the ...
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At Pelican Bay Prison, a Life in Solitary

The isolation units at California's Pelican Bay prison hold more than 1,200 inmates. They live in small, windowless cells, often for years, with... At Pelican Bay Prison, a Life in Solitary At Pelican ...