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DOJ report outlines steps to limit solitary confinement in prisons, as its use only increases under...
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFederal prison officials are 'actively investigating' why a segment of prisoners being held in...
Prison reform advocate settles solitary confinement suit
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA longtime prison reform advocate has agreed to a settlement with Tennessee prison officials over...
Opinion: Call to action to stop inhumane practice of solitary confinement in NC prisons
Asheville Citizen-Times via Yahoo News· 11 months ago“You will never be the same.” Every day, tens of thousands of incarcerated Americans are subjected...
Column: Solitary confinement is shrouded in secrecy and open to abuse. Why does California allow it?
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoKevin McCarthy enjoys the sun on his back in Laguna Beach after being held in solitary confinement...
A former Wisconsin inmate built a cell to show the public that solitary confinement is torture. I'm...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoMadison — During the two decades Talib Akbar spent behind bars, he was placed in solitary...
Gavin Newsom rushes solitary confinement changes. They could make reforms an ‘uphill battle’
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCalifornia Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is expediting changes to the state’s solitary...
Op-Ed: Here in San Quentin, I see why solitary confinement must end
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn inmate looks out a window in his solitary confinement cell at the Main Jail in San Jose. Some...
Human rights attorneys urge UN to review the solitary confinement of Black Americans
The Hill via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA group of human rights attorneys have filed a joint submission urging the United Nations to review...
‘Moral blight’: Prisons in MO, KS use solitary more than national average, report says
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA Missouri prisoner told The Star that solitary confinement “is a day to day assault on the mind and...
I spent 15 years in solitary confinement. It’s time California end this cruel practice | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 1 month ago“From personal experience, our prison system was far more violent and far less rehabilitative when...