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Children face solitary confinement in cells at Illinois juvenile detention facility, ACLU says
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoChildren as young as 11 are confined alone to cells the size of parking spaces up to 23 hours a day...
We talked to 100 people about their experiences in solitary confinement – this is what we learned
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 7 months agoLiving conditions in a solitary cell at New York's Rikers Island jail. AP Photo/Bebeto MatthewsThe...
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...
Gov. Newsom vetoes bill to end indefinite solitary confinement in California, citing safety concerns
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn inmate looks out a window in his solitary confinement cell at the Main Jail in San Jose in 2019....
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...
California lawmakers move to ban solitary confinement for long stints and vulnerable inmates
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA jail inmate in solitary confinement in San Jose. Lawmakers have approved legislation to restrict...
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
KIRO via Yahoo News· 1 month agoRight now, thousands of inmates are in solitary confinement in federal prisons, nationwide. But...
Colonizers intended mostly Black people to land in solitary confinement, and that’s exactly what’s...
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAmerica’s first penitentiary was established in Philadelphia in 1790, and this is where the nation’s...
Should Rhode Island limit use of solitary confinement? Hear those who lived it speak out.
The Providence Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPROVIDENCE – Charlene Liberty died last April after struggling for years with mental illness, but...