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Children face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU says
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 11 months agoChildren as young as 11 are confined alone to cells the size of parking spaces up to 23 hours a day...
Solitary confinement is costly, dangerous for inmates. Texas needs better rules over it | Opinion
Fort Worth Star-Telegram McClatchy via AOL· 1 year agoAt the start of the 2023 Texas legislative session, 300 incarcerated men went on a hunger strike to...
How many people are held in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails? Now there’s a number.
NBC News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPoor and incomplete data collection makes it difficult to know the full scope of people held in...
Advocates call on Congress to end solitary confinement in prisons
WHIO via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRight now, thousands of inmates are in solitary confinement in federal prisons, nationwide. But...
New York City bans most uses of solitary confinement in its jails
Newsy via AOL· 5 months agoThe interior of a solitary confinement cell at New York's Rikers Island jail is shown. For some, the...
Colonizers intended mostly Black people to land in solitary confinement, and that’s exactly what’s...
theGrio via AOL· 2 years agoAmerica’s first penitentiary was established in Philadelphia in 1790, and this is where the nation’s...
Appeals court: Mentally ill prisoner held in solitary confinement for months can sue MDOC
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoLANSING — Michigan Department of Corrections officials can be sued for apparently violating their own rules by placing a seriously mentally ill prisoner in solitary confinement for three months ...
Officer uses chain to strangle man in solitary confinement as guards watch, lawsuit says
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 1 month agoInside a solitary confinement jail cell in Georgia, a pretrial detainee restrained to a chair freed...
‘He didn't deserve to die like this’: Family seeks answers about suicide during Waupun prison...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 8 months agoEditor’s note: This article discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is...
U.S. Supreme Court turns away suit by Texas inmate held 27 years in solitary confinement
Reuters via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Texas inmate convicted of robbery...