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Parents sue Tennessee governor and school district, claiming kids were punished after officials...
CNN via Yahoo News· 4 days agoTwo families have filed a federal lawsuit against Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and the Williamson...
NYC Mayor Eric Adams Taps Dechert in Rikers Confinement Fight
Bloomberg Law· 2 days agoNew York City Mayor Eric Adams has hired Dechert LLP to help him quash a ban on solitary confinement practices at Rikers Island proposed by the city council ...
British-Iranian jailed for meeting country’s former queen
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 6 days agoA British-Iranian woman has been held in solitary confinement in Iran for more than 200 days on...
Waupun Correctional Institution staff arrests prompt community action on prison conditions
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 day agoFive other employees were charged with felony abuse of residents of penal facilities, and a ninth...
Gay man ‘tortured’ in Qatar for his sexuality is sentenced: 'This is a breach of my human rights'
The Advocate via Yahoo News· 3 days agoForty-four-year-old Manuel Guerrero Aviña was detained in February after being entrapped by law...
What to know about the Waupun prison deaths, nine staff charged and the political fallout
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 1 day agoWho died at Waupun Correctional Institution and under what circumstances? Hoffmann, 60, died by suicide in solitary confinement on June 29, 2023. He had ...
Family accuses prison officials of 'deliberate indifference' in lawsuit over Waupun overdose death
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoIn the weeks leading up to his death, Williams begged for help as his health quickly deteriorated,...
New data shows how long some Lehigh County jail inmates spend in isolation
The Morning Call· 3 days agoInmates segregated from the rest of the Lehigh County Jail population for disciplinary reasons spent...
British-Iranian jailed for meeting country’s former queen
Daily Telegraph· 6 days agoA British-Iranian woman has been held in solitary confinement in Iran for more than 200 days on...
‘You can blame Gov. Bill Lee’; lawsuit says new law wrongly punishing Tennessee middle school kids
Tennessee Lookout via Yahoo News· 5 days agoTwo families are suing Gov. Bill Lee and the Williamson County School District, saying their middle...